Sadly it appears that I was already behind when I posted yesterday about Apple’s rejection of the public domain book reader. Thankfully Apple has reconsidered and approved the application.
Fortunately for people interested in controversy the story doesn’t end there. Yesterday Apple rejected an application which linked to all EFF posts! While there is a fair number of EFF posts badmouthing Apple and its “anti-competitive, discriminatory, censorial, and arbitrary” censorship of applications, Apple rejected the application for linking to a parody video of Hitler as a record industry exec dropping a fleeting f-bomb. Never mind that the video is on youtube and already accessible on the iPhone from either Safari or the YouTube application.
Thankfully I am surprisingly happy with my tweaked, customized, and flashed WinMo phone, because with practices like these I won’t be getting an iPhone until Apple has no say over the applications available on the iPhone.
