Activists Angry After Apple Axes Anti-Firewall App 196
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "BBC reports that Chinese web users are criticizing Apple after the company pulled a free iPhone app called OpenDoor, which enables users to bypass firewalls and access restricted internet sites. The developers of OpenDoor — who wish to remain anonymous — told Radio Netherlands that Apple removed the app because it 'includes content that is illegal in China.' 'It is unclear to us how a simple browser app could include illegal contents, since it's the user's own choosing of what websites to view,' say the developers. 'Using the same definition, wouldn't all browser apps, including Apple's own Safari and Google's Chrome, include illegal contents?' Chinese internet users were disappointed by the move by Apple. Zhou Shuguang, a prominent Chinese blogger and citizen journalist, told U.S.-based Radio Free Asia that Apple had taken away one of the tools which internet users in China relied on to circumvent the country's great firewall. 'Apple is determined to have a share of the huge cake which is the Chinese internet market. Without strict self-censorship, it cannot enter the Chinese market,' says one Chinese user disappointed by the move by Apple."
Ai acan't athink aof amore a-words (Score:5, Funny)
Author's alliterative application attempt an annoying actuality.
So users still stuck in *two* walled gardens? (Score:5, Funny)
So, Apple removed an app that allows users to bypass the Chinese walled garden from their devices, that are restricted to Apple's walled garden?
Re:Ai acan't athink aof amore a-words (Score:2, Funny)
Always ACs announcing aversion against alliteration and A-words
Re:Ai acan't athink aof amore a-words (Score:2, Funny)
Bloody bastard bollocks bouncing by Birmingham bound by beelzebub
Re:Ai acan't athink aof amore a-words (Score:5, Funny)
Actually aren't all alliterative articles an amazing achievement? After all, adding additional "As" always advances adversity.
Re:Ai acan't athink aof amore a-words (Score:4, Funny)
Erudite exchanges eventually elicit extended exposition, even essays.
Re:Ai acan't athink aof amore a-words (Score:2, Funny)
Gay.