Friday, June 26, 2015

Apple removes the game due to Confederate Flag

From the App Store game began to disappear in the subject of the Civil War.
Information letter of the company 

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addressed numerous developers removed from App Store games, refers to the placement rules of the content in the app store, which all are asked to read in iTunes Connect. The letter focuses on one of the points of the agreement. Text below was contained in a letter received by the developer TouchArcade Game 4 after removing applications from the App Store.

Applications that link or on religious, cultural and ethnic groups that may defame, insult, humiliate, and thus harm the target group will be rejected.

Applications are removed from the store due to the presence in them of the flag of the Confederacy. Few companies have decided to stop using it in their products. Together with Apple, among others supported the idea of ​​Walmart, eBay and Amazon.
Tim Cook wrote in his Twitter message explaining the decision and its position in the debate about the importance of the flag of the Confederacy.

My thoughts are with the families of the victims in South Carolina. We are honored to dedicate his life to the eradication of racism and abandonment of symbols and words that feed it. - Tim Cook.

Developer Game Labs said on its website about removing one of their games related to the Civil War. Changes to the remote program to return it in the App Store will not be amended, but upheld the Apple developer and agreed that recent events in Charleston shooting his decision was necessary for the American nation.

http://www.iphones.ru/iNotes/457875

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