
iTunes and the Nazi blunders
November 7th, 2009 admin

We won’t labour this point, but we think Apple’s latest App Store approval blunder calls some of its core philosophies into question. We know the App Store won’t sell overt erotica – even eBooks carrying the ancient love manual, the Kama Sutra, h ave been banned from the store – so we’re really, really keen to know how come the company approved a Spanish App containing Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf, complete with a swastika logo. We can agree that Mein Kampf is a book that’s actually sold in the shops, but then again, so’s the Kama Sutra, and the latter title has seen eBook readers banned for including it. You can take a look at nine more banned apps…
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