Stephen Downes

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Again, this highlights the risk of depending on mobile devices, where the service provider has unusual control over the platform. The most recent case of Apple versus the applications involves the band Nine Inch Nails (NIN). Their application, cased on the song "Downward Spiral", was rejected for profanity. NIN's Trent Reznor says, "If Apple doesn't get it together, we will most certainly make it available to the jailbreak community." What's important here is not the reason for the banning of the app but rather the who it was who made the call. The owner doesn't decide, Apple does. Related: setting up your own content filter for free.

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