Censorship by Apple
[1][2] The book received criticism for "failing to cohesively and clearly express the opinion of Jobs, linguistic redundancies, and clumsy anecdotes."
However, despite the criticisms of the quality of Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon's writing and the attempts to highlight Steve Jobs's "negative" characteristics as a boss and individual, thought leader Dan Sumption admitted that the book was a relatively entertaining view into the life of Steve Jobs.
[4] According to The Daily Telegraph, four erotic books, including Blonde and Wet, the Complete Story, were allegedly removed from the top 10 chart on July 26, 2010.
In 2011, an adaptation by Tom Bouden of Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest was only approved after the addition of black bars to cover partial male nudity.
On August 6, 2018, Apple removed all, but one of the podcasts created by InfoWars, a website owned by Alex Jones, a right-wing American conspiracy theorist radio-show host and content creator.
[20][25] In January 2010, Europe's largest newspaper, German tabloid Bild, removed content from the iPhone version of its print edition at the request of Apple, and later it had to modify one of its applications – like in the Stern case because of nudity.
[26] On November 26, 2010, an informational magazine about Google's OS from the Danish publisher Mediaprovider was not allowed in the app store.
[19] In December 2009, Apple banned a cartoon app called NewsToons by cartoonist Mark Fiore, on the grounds that it "ridiculed public figures".
[28][29][30] Following public outcry after the story broke in the wake of the award, Apple asked Fiore to resubmit his app, and it was subsequently accepted.
"[29] In April 2009, a game called Baby Shaker was approved for the App Store then later removed due to complaints.
[34] In December 2009, Ted Lando's eBook app "Take Control of iPhone OS 3" was rejected by Apple.
[35] In 2011, Apple banned a game called Phone Story that explored the ethical challenges of smartphone manufacturing, including conflict minerals, environmental waste, and troubled labor practices.
In August 2012, Josh Begley created an iPhone app that sent out a push notification whenever a U.S. military UAV struck a target.
[38] In July 2013, a tech education startup called Treehouse claimed that Apple had refused to let them release an iOS app that contained lessons about Android.
[40] After a few days, Pope was permitted to upload a full version of the game to the App Store including pixelated nudity in an apparent reversal by Apple.
[41] On May 4, 2015, Apple removed the France Musique application from its App store due to the airing of "inappropriate content" in a podcast.
Apple banned the video game The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth from appearing in the iOS App Store due to its cartoon depictions of violence towards children.
[46] Apple specifically cited instances of child pornography that was made available to users, and subsequently banned the apps until the situation could be dealt with.
[51][52] In December 2018, Apple removed the strategy game Afghanistan '11 due to the fact that it featured real-life combatants.
Slitherine, the developers of the game, countered that the main objectives focused on supporting Afghan civilians rather than defeating the Taliban.
Apple claimed that the notification was against the App Store policy on "irrelevant" information, a position Facebook disagreed with.
The restrictions, however, are applied even after the user moves to another country, unless they change the region of their Apple ID, which requires cancelling existing subscriptions and setting up a new payment method.
[66][67][68] Artists who reference the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre have had some or all of their music removed from iTunes, including Jacky Cheung Hok-yau and Tat Ming Pair.
[75] In October 2022, following the 2022 Beijing Sitong Bridge protest, Apple released an update which limited the AirDrop functionality on iPhones and iPads purchased in China, changing the option of "Receive from Everyone" to "Everyone for 10 minutes".
[81][82] Interested in surveying the encrypted messages, the Russian government demanded Telegram provide decryption keys to their Federal Security Service.
