iPhone abuse

I think I may have figured out how Apple decides which apps get through the selection process and get posted to the app store.

This was clarified, of course, by the recent controversy over the "Baby Shaker App" somehow making it into the iPhone's app store before being removed in a storm of protest. This title should have set off alarms for who- or whatever is handling vetting process since it's on par with naming something "Child Abuse: The Game" or "Daddy Had to Tell Mommy Twice". So, clearly, actually allowing an app that lets you shake a screaming baby until it shuts up and has x's over its eyes pretty much convinces me that the app store is being blasted across the alkali flats in a jet-powered, monkey-navigated...well, you get the picture.

Perusing this graveyard of iPhone apps further convinces me that puppies playing in a field likely could be how Apple is going about vetting these programs. Somehow, an app called "Slasher", a rejected app, showed a picture of a knife and emitted a scream when you shook the iPhone. This was deemed objectionable and was rejected, but shaking a baby to unconsciousness or death was somehow okay. Stupid puppies.

In any case, I wonder what the chances would be for an app called "Baby Maker". We can all dream.