Monday, June 21, 2010

Apple as Morality Police

Default values seem to censor apps & iTunes content on autopilot... Seemingly without any human intervention.

Among the casualties, the iPhone's own dictionary.

Making Apple's world safe for elementary school kids dumbs it down for adults who'd like to use their own standards and judgment about content.
Audio Embed: WNYC's On The Media 6/19/10, Host: Brooke Gladstone with Radiolab host Jad Abumrad and DailyFinance media columnist Jeff Bercovici.

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