In 2008 , the App Storerejected the app for the novel Knife Musicfor “ obnoxious ” contentedness . Now , backed by a major publisher , a newfangled Knife Music app has been accepted to the App Store , naughty spoken language and all .
https://gizmodo.com/iphone-app-store-bans-book-app-for-naughty-language-5114825
To get his app into the App Store in early 2009 , Giz admirer and CNet editor Dave Carnoy alter his character ’s exhortation “ fuck me like you mean it ” to the laughably more mild“F me like you think of it,”in addition to watering down a turn of “ shits ” to “ damns ” and “ craps . ”
https://gizmodo.com/novelist-censors-own-book-to-sell-as-iphone-app-5132577
But after the paperback and Kindle interlingual rendition of the novel sold briskly , Knife Music was pick up by the Penguin - distributed Overlook Press , and a new , uncensored interpretation of the Christian Bible — sadly offering of only about one-half of the novel , but that being the half that included the saucy business of negotiation bring up above — was submit to the App Store . It was accepted !
So what ’s this mean ? It would seem that Apple ’s loosening up on matters of literary security review , where there ’s sort of a Brobdingnagian historic precedent to , you recognize , NOT do it ( as react tobanning shingle - your - iPhone - and - watch - these - dummy - jiggle apps , for which there is unluckily petty historic precedent . ) Recently , too , Apple was quick to repeal their decision to censor graphic edition of Ulysses and The Importance of Being Earnest , after the internetmade a big stink about it .
https://gizmodo.com/forbidden-apple-on-the-death-of-iphone-sex-apps-5476484
Of course , the fact that they have to overturn these decisions at all is just a reminder of how opaque and equivocal Apple ’s App Store blessing process is , and while Knife Music ’s admittance might sign a trend off from literary censoring , it could also just be another illustration what to expect ( that is , not knowing what to await ) from Apple ’s mercurial ( or possibly just not - very - clear - on - the - road map ) App Store approval staff .
But anyway , for whatever reason , the new , at times - curse - word - using Knife Music appis available for free in the App Store , so go chequer it out . [ iTunes ]
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