Comments on: “Children’s Hospital” premieres in iTunes http://www.applegazette.com/itunes/childrens-hospital-premieres-in-itunes/ Your Ultimate Guide to Thinking Differently Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:10:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://www.applegazette.com/itunes/childrens-hospital-premieres-in-itunes/comment-page-1/#comment-89822 Michael Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:42:59 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/itunes/childrens-hospital-premieres-in-itunes/#comment-89822 @Dennis AT&T also doesn't censor the Internet. Between the Internet and the podcasts I don't think that's truly the issue. If it was, Apple should let us host our own apps so that we can side step it. Either way, it's a completely ridiculous double-standard that is driving developers away. Hell, they even have a double standard within the app store itself. You can shoot bloody zombies in the face all day long on an iPhone video game - but if you show that in an iPhone graphic novel you get rejected. It makes no sense. @Dennis

AT&T also doesn’t censor the Internet. Between the Internet and the podcasts I don’t think that’s truly the issue. If it was, Apple should let us host our own apps so that we can side step it.

Either way, it’s a completely ridiculous double-standard that is driving developers away. Hell, they even have a double standard within the app store itself. You can shoot bloody zombies in the face all day long on an iPhone video game – but if you show that in an iPhone graphic novel you get rejected.

It makes no sense.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.applegazette.com/itunes/childrens-hospital-premieres-in-itunes/comment-page-1/#comment-89777 Dennis Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:47 +0000 http://www.applegazette.com/itunes/childrens-hospital-premieres-in-itunes/#comment-89777 I think the reason for the double standard is because of the carriers. AT&T has a long list of what you can and can't access over their wireless network -- unfortunately, I don't have a link for the document anymore, but it was quite extensive. The point I am trying to get at is that while the App Store is available over the cellular network, the iTunes store is not -- therefore, AT&T and the rest of the carriers can't censor what is made available. Interestingly enough, 2.2 now allows for podcasts to be downloaded over the cellular network too -- I wonder if Apple is able to sidestep the carrier censoring since the podcasts aren't hosted by Apple and are instead downloaded directly over the Internet? I think the reason for the double standard is because of the carriers. AT&T has a long list of what you can and can’t access over their wireless network — unfortunately, I don’t have a link for the document anymore, but it was quite extensive.

The point I am trying to get at is that while the App Store is available over the cellular network, the iTunes store is not — therefore, AT&T and the rest of the carriers can’t censor what is made available.

Interestingly enough, 2.2 now allows for podcasts to be downloaded over the cellular network too — I wonder if Apple is able to sidestep the carrier censoring since the podcasts aren’t hosted by Apple and are instead downloaded directly over the Internet?

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