I went on iTunes (US Store) to confirm this 'story' and found no such evidence; anything with the word jailbreak shows up just fine including the ones that were cited in the article. Maybe Apple fixed it already or perhaps the link bait potential of this 'story' was too good to pass up.
Interesting. I just tried it too. It showed up as censored. In addition, it was also censored in the list of suggested search values. Here's what I see in that list:
Oddly, this is very stupid censorship. It prevents the user from reading the word, but not searching for it and finding matches. It's also just a single, narrowly defined word. ("Jailbreak", not "jail break" or "jailbreaker", etc.) Given how it's actually working, what's the point of doing it?
Apple hasn't "censored" anything. In the US, only congress is prohibited from censoring content. What Apple has done is make a business decision. Don't like it? Then we can choose not to shop there any longer. But please do not use the inaccurate, emotional, "They're CENSORING us!" - it is in no manner a form of censorship.
Why is it always either/or with Americans? There is more than just black and white or good and evil.
I don't understand the point of blocking the word jailbreak even from the app store. Apple has to approve all apps, so you can be sure that there aren't any apps in the App Store that facilitate jail breaking, so what's the point of blocking the use of the word?
This kind of moves only promote people to talk about jailbreaking more, hence making more people aware of jailbreaking and hence more people would jailbreak.
Putting censorship aside, this is an incredibly stupid business decision.
Why is it always either/or with Americans? There is more than just black and white or good and evil.
Your accusation that Americans are all black and white thinkers is also a logical fallacy and no less ignorant; talk about hasty and hyperbolic generalizations.
I don't understand the point of blocking the word jailbreak even from the app store. Apple has to approve all apps, so you can be sure that there aren't any apps in the App Store that facilitate jail breaking, so what's the point of blocking the use of the word?
I once asked my wife why she got so upset if I, or someone else, mentioned my previous girlfriend's name or anything associated with her/it.
Why is it always either/or with Americans? There is more than just black and white or good and evil.
Pretty broad brush even if I take your comment as restricted to the US. Are you including all Americans? Canada, Mexico, Brazil, US, Chile, Columbia, etc?
All your foaming-at-the-mouth outrage was a good use of time guys. The second I read this I knew it was a glitch, and not something Apple would do in 2012. Chill the **** out people.
It's working fine for me now (the word is spelled out in full). Sounds like a glitch that has been fixed.
Weird. I just tried it again. When I typed the full word "jailbreak" in the search box, the full word was displayed without censoring, but the search results still demonstrated censoring. I wonder if it depends on exactly which server you're getting data from.
"I'm not saying it should be censored, (nothing should be censored), but when you talk about it, it's the reporters responsibility to mention the facts"
Sadly, today's " reporters" never let the facts ruin a good story.
Could of been a glitch, could of been a very quiet rollback of a hasty decision and someone thought better of it. Either way it seems to be in flux throughout the system and not yet entirely sorted out.
Either way, if just a glitch, it was at least a thought out "glitch" that may of just not been ready to go out into the wild.
You can expect anything from the obese apple corporate monster these days. When you censor something like this with j******k you attract even more attention to it, sheer idiocy. At least they 've not censored paranoid android yet, that's something.
Anyway why would apple have an issue with jailbreaking? It's their beta testing community and the ideas they don't allow they later come to steal (volume buttons for camera) giving the jailbreakers no credit.
You can expect anything from the obese apple corporate monster these days. When you censor something like this with j******k you attract even more attention to it, sheer idiocy. At least they 've not censored paranoid android yet, that's something. Anyway why would apple have an issue with jailbreaking? It's their beta testing community and the ideas they don't allow they later come to steal (volume buttons for camera) giving the jailbreakers no credit.
You can expect anything from the obese apple corporate monster these days. When you censor something like this with j******k you attract even more attention to it, sheer idiocy. At least they 've not censored paranoid android yet, that's something.
Anyway why would apple have an issue with jailbreaking? It's their beta testing community and the ideas they don't allow they later come to steal (volume buttons for camera) giving the jailbreakers no credit.
There's a couple of reasons why Apple would oppose jailbreaking.
By requiring certification by Apple, it reduces the number of destructive apps. It gives Apple a chance to make sure that viruses or other apps that could steal information or disable your phone, even by accident, are far less likely to hurt end users.
It reduces the ability for end users to steal apps and content.
It protects Apple's 30% revenue stream on every sold app. Some of Apple's actions seem to indicate that this is a VERY important motivator for them.
Weird. I just tried it again. When I typed the full word "jailbreak" in the search box, the full word was displayed without censoring, but the search results still demonstrated censoring. I wonder if it depends on exactly which server you're getting data from.
Probably. I would imagine that it takes some time for the change to migrate through all their servers. It will undoubtedly be resolved everywhere soon.
Tempest in a teapot. I guess the Apple-haters have nothing better to whine about today.
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Interesting. I just tried it too. It showed up as censored. In addition, it was also censored in the list of suggested search values. Here's what I see in that list:
Oddly, this is very stupid censorship. It prevents the user from reading the word, but not searching for it and finding matches. It's also just a single, narrowly defined word. ("Jailbreak", not "jail break" or "jailbreaker", etc.) Given how it's actually working, what's the point of doing it?
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider
Apple has begun censoring the world "jailbreak" among content in the iTunes Store, including the song "Jailbreak" by Irish rockers Thin Lizzy.
Users began noticing on Thursday that some uses of the word "jailbreak" have been censored among iTunes Store content…
On (US) site now. Not seeing what is being reported above.
Why is it always either/or with Americans? There is more than just black and white or good and evil.
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Originally Posted by clintbradford
Apple hasn't "censored" anything. In the US, only congress is prohibited from censoring content. What Apple has done is make a business decision. Don't like it? Then we can choose not to shop there any longer. But please do not use the inaccurate, emotional, "They're CENSORING us!" - it is in no manner a form of censorship.
Why is it always either/or with Americans? There is more than just black and white or good and evil.
I don't understand the point of blocking the word jailbreak even from the app store. Apple has to approve all apps, so you can be sure that there aren't any apps in the App Store that facilitate jail breaking, so what's the point of blocking the use of the word?
It's working fine for me now (the word is spelled out in full). Sounds like a glitch that has been fixed.
Funny stuff.
This kind of moves only promote people to talk about jailbreaking more, hence making more people aware of jailbreaking and hence more people would jailbreak.
Putting censorship aside, this is an incredibly stupid business decision.
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Originally Posted by de Villiers
Why is it always either/or with Americans? There is more than just black and white or good and evil.
Your accusation that Americans are all black and white thinkers is also a logical fallacy and no less ignorant; talk about hasty and hyperbolic generalizations.
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Originally Posted by bryand
I don't understand the point of blocking the word jailbreak even from the app store. Apple has to approve all apps, so you can be sure that there aren't any apps in the App Store that facilitate jail breaking, so what's the point of blocking the use of the word?
I once asked my wife why she got so upset if I, or someone else, mentioned my previous girlfriend's name or anything associated with her/it.
Her response, "It hurts me to hear it."
My retort, "Gottit". And banned it myself.
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Originally Posted by de Villiers
Why is it always either/or with Americans? There is more than just black and white or good and evil.
Pretty broad brush even if I take your comment as restricted to the US. Are you including all Americans? Canada, Mexico, Brazil, US, Chile, Columbia, etc?
All your foaming-at-the-mouth outrage was a good use of time guys. The second I read this I knew it was a glitch, and not something Apple would do in 2012. Chill the **** out people.
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Weird. I just tried it again. When I typed the full word "jailbreak" in the search box, the full word was displayed without censoring, but the search results still demonstrated censoring. I wonder if it depends on exactly which server you're getting data from.
Could of been a glitch, could of been a very quiet rollback of a hasty decision and someone thought better of it. Either way it seems to be in flux throughout the system and not yet entirely sorted out.
Either way, if just a glitch, it was at least a thought out "glitch" that may of just not been ready to go out into the wild.
You can expect anything from the obese apple corporate monster these days. When you censor something like this with j******k you attract even more attention to it, sheer idiocy. At least they 've not censored paranoid android yet, that's something.
Anyway why would apple have an issue with jailbreaking? It's their beta testing community and the ideas they don't allow they later come to steal (volume buttons for camera) giving the jailbreakers no credit.
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Originally Posted by myapplelove
You can expect anything from the obese apple corporate monster these days. When you censor something like this with j******k you attract even more attention to it, sheer idiocy. At least they 've not censored paranoid android yet, that's something. Anyway why would apple have an issue with jailbreaking? It's their beta testing community and the ideas they don't allow they later come to steal (volume buttons for camera) giving the jailbreakers no credit.
There's a couple of reasons why Apple would oppose jailbreaking.
By requiring certification by Apple, it reduces the number of destructive apps. It gives Apple a chance to make sure that viruses or other apps that could steal information or disable your phone, even by accident, are far less likely to hurt end users.
It reduces the ability for end users to steal apps and content.
It protects Apple's 30% revenue stream on every sold app. Some of Apple's actions seem to indicate that this is a VERY important motivator for them.
Probably. I would imagine that it takes some time for the change to migrate through all their servers. It will undoubtedly be resolved everywhere soon.
Tempest in a teapot. I guess the Apple-haters have nothing better to whine about today.
They haven't removed it on everything. I just did a search on my iPhone and sometimes the word shows other times it's ** out. WTF indeed.