Comments on: 'Gabo' Rejected By Apple for Being 'Unpleasant'

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:13:35 +0000

"BTW…is there any way that we, the consumers, can contact Apple and let them know that this sort of thing (not allowing games due to qualms over content) is not the kind of thing that we support and in fact hurts them more than helps them?"

Use Apple's feedback form to explain that this is why you won't be buying an iPhone:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

By: DaveIb

DaveIb — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:01:53 +0000

And yet torturing little girls in that flashtastic piece of ass with the cartoon animals is acceptable. Odd.

By: dk206

dk206 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:17:18 +0000

this is the EXACT reason why we have cydia and due to stuff like this i will continue to support the jailbroken community as well as the "unsettled" app store.

-dk206

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:23:37 +0000

this looks like it could be a fun "game". personally, Seaman on the Dreamcast was one of my favorite "games" ever. I really wish Yoot Saito would bring Seaman to the Iphone. That would be awesome.

By: Finance Geek » Apple iPhone App Store Still A Nanny State (AAPL)

Finance Geek » Apple iPhone App Store Still A Nanny State (AAPL) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:56:15 +0000

[...] Tower" and "Seaman," had his app "Gabo" rejected by Apple because the company deemed an anatomically correct cave man "unpleasant." (See video [...]

By: MilesO'Toole

MilesO'Toole — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:03:56 +0000

Just wondering… does he also fling his feces at you? If not, maybe they'll put that in version 2.0. Was the developer actually thinking of charging money for this?

By: Mcdoodle

Mcdoodle — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:51:51 +0000

That video is awesome. Apple really scares me. After all it was apple that made the 1984 big brother advertisement and here is apple playing big brother. Apple has should not dictate developer content like this. Perhaps think different means "think how we want you to". No thanks apple. This is why I will never own a mac. What's next? Will macs block all porn and any material deemed unappropriate? Well that's not what a computer should be.

By: Ahiru

Ahiru — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:10:01 +0000

as much as i liked sim tower, this looks utterly boring and useless… even ifart is more entertaining (not saying it IS, but) than this…

By: Kevin B

Kevin B — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:55:24 +0000

I have absolutely no use for – or interest in – tons of apps in the apple store. That's no reason for me to deny them for the people that want them. Just because you don't want the game doesn't mean it shouldn't be posted.

Apple's grounds for rejecting Gabo are baseless, especially with an age rating system in place.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:38:04 +0000

This is very disappointing to me. The game looks very interesting. Who the f- does Apple think they are? The taste police? I dont see anything illicit in the game, let people play it. Apple are a bunch of control-hungry prudes.