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You're right. It's not, and I came dangerously close to activating Godwin's Law. If anyone's truly offended, I'm sorry.

However, there's a basic human tendency to look the other way when abuse happens. That's really what I was referring to. Apple has been swinging the ban-hammer on 'undesirable' apps for a while now, and the definition of 'undesirable' keeps expanding. That's an issue of some concern.

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I wasn't offended. It just seems like a bit of an overreaction, to compare some people being unable to sell software in a store to state-sponsored genocide on a massive scale.

I like having my app on the App Store as much as the next iPhone dev. I disagree with the boob apps being pulled; better parental restrictions are the answer for that situation.

I don't disagree with the wifi apps being pulled; private API's are private API's. If you want an API to be made public, file a radar ticket. You will get a response from Apple - either the API being made public, or the reason why they won't make it public.

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