NiN's Trent Reznor Speaks Out on Apple's App Store Rejection Policies
Nine Inch Nails (NiN) released their own iPhone application in mid April. The app allows fans a way to access NiN news, updates, music, and more. Over the weekend, Reznor reported that a routine version update had been rejected due to "objectionable content" in the form of the album "The Downward Spiral". Reznor speaks out [explicit language] about the issue and apparent hypocrisy of the policy:
Now, "The Downward Spiral" the album is not available anywhere in the iPhone app. The song "The Downward Spiral" I believe is in a podcast that can be streamed to the app. Thanks Apple for the clear description of the problem - as in, what do you want us to change to get past your stupid ******* standards?
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You can buy The Downward ******* Spiral on iTunes, but you can't allow an iPhone app that may have a song with a bad word somewhere in it. Geez, what if someone in the forum in our app says **** or ****? I suppose that also falls into indecent material. Hey Apple, I just got some SPAM about ***** THROUGH YOUR MAIL PROGRAM. I just saw ***** right there in Safari! On my iPhone!
Come on Apple, think your policies through and for **** sake get your app approval scenario together.
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C'mon Apple, you're smarter than this.
I don't see the problem, if I had kids I wouldn't want them downloading apps with bad language in them. I can block explicit songs.
But as a parent, if you don't want your kids listening to explicit material, it's up to you as a parent to make sure they don't have access to it. Why hurt the rest of the adult population simply because a child COULD use it. Believe me, if they didn't hear it in the NIN app, they'll hear it in movies, tv shows, video games ect.
Censoring a band's already-created material just because kids have access to it is like taking all the swearing out of a Die Hard movie! Oh wait, they already did that, and guess what? IT SUCKED!
1) Establish clear rules, put them in writting and follow them.
2) Don't leave developers hanging in limbo for months without an explanation -- talk to them and accept apps in a timely manner.
3) Err on the side of letting stuff in. Yes, there are no win situations like the "baby shaker" app., but for the most part far too much stuff is being rejected for dubious reasons.
4) If an "explicit" label will make them feel better, fine, add it, but stopping an app. for a dirty word is absurd
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