Apple Rejects iSealClub Seal Hunt Application
Written by Vegetarian Star on April 29th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Tech.
Apple has rejected the iSealClub application, a game that lets players club seals for points, because it was deemed to have objectionable content, according to The Telegram.
Matt Smyth, the app’s designer, can’t understand the decision, citing there’s no blood in his game and there are other apps that are violent, such as “Grand Theft Auto.”
Smyth said, “They allow other apps, like ‘Trophy Hunt’ for bear and deer and whatnot. I don’t see the difference between killing a seal … and killing a deer. But Apple decides to impose their morals, that they don’t agree with the hunt.”
Could it have anything to do with the values of Steve Jobs?
The CEO of Apple is a vegetarian who was rumored to have broke off Disney’s ties with McDonald’s years ago shortly after he took over Pixar Animation Studios. Jobs had vocally questioned fast food chains, given their consequences on health.
The Buddhist may have once again taken a stand, using his beliefs about animals to keep material depicting the Canadian Seal Hunt as a game from being available through Apple.
A phone call to Apple from The Telegram was not returned.
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