Apple Bans the Word 'Android' From App Store

05.02.2010

"Please log into iTunes Connect to make appropriate changes to the Application Description now to avoid an interruption in the availability of Flash of Genius: SAT Vocab 2.2 on the iPhone App Store."

We know Apple these days; the two companies, after all, are . But not allowing an app into the App Store simply because it uses the word Android in its description? That's a pitiful new low, even by Apple's standards.

To be clear, the developer himself doesn't appear to feel so strongly about the matter (either that, or he's afraid that expressing dissent could get him ). The app sells decently without the mention of the Android Developer Challenge in its description, Novikof says, and he's willing to leave well enough alone.

I guess I'm just old-fashioned: I like to receive my content unfiltered and make my own decisions. If I want to use a program that references a competing company, I like knowing that I can. If I want to use a program that contains content someone else deems -- or, dare I say it, -- I like knowing I have that right.