South Park App Denied By Apple - “Potentially Offensive”
Kenny’s not coming out to play…
If you were eagerly anticipating the launch of a South Park application to be popping up in the AppStore anytime soon then I’m afraid there’s a bit of bad news.
In a move to protect all iPhone and iPod Touch’s sensitive hearts, Apple have refused to place the app in the AppStore as they feel it would be just too “potentially offensive”. South Park? Offensive? Never…
If you’ve never seen it, download an episode on iTunes…
Of course Apple don’t have an issue getting a quick penny from episodes of the popular cartoon through sales on iTunes, but when it comes to the AppStore it’s a no-go area for South Park.
South Park, which has made its name by taking the adult humour of the Simpsons a few leaps further, had hoped to create an app for the AppStore which would allow iPhone and iPod Touch users to watch clips from the programme, scan through the shows episode guides and do a number of other “potentially offensive” acts.
It’s interesting to think that in this day and age you are allowed to shake a ladies breasts on your iPhone using its sensitivity technology, but play around in a South Park World…you’re having a laugh aren’t you?
Trying for a while…
South Park studios have been trying to push the app through the motions since October of last year and have at last been given the bad news, despite making changes to the application.
I suppose Apple think us simple users have enough on our app plates what with the application that farts and other such delightful bits found around the AppStore.
According to South Park studios, Apple have given the crude comedy programme a little glimmer of hope, saying, “Apple did admit that the standards would evolve.” Isn’t that a little bit of a poor excuse, though, for being so hypocritical?
Everyone else is doing it!
We’re not living in the dark ages – or even the 50s…It just defies logic when you think that you can get hold of any one of the South Park episodes, uncensored, through iTunes, yet in this world of expanding multi-media concepts a user is being refused to take their experiences to the next level.
Hardly what we should be seeing from Apple who are looking to take their products, along with their customers, into the next generation of interaction.
Speak your mind.
What do you think? Should South Park’s app be destined for the sin bin? Or do you think we do indeed live in a world of free speech and we should be given the chance to watch and play with whatever we want? Leave us your comments…
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