Earlier this week, Trent Reznor, front man for Nine Inch Nails, spoke out against the arbitrary Apple App Store approval process, after his application submission was rejected. I implore you to read the entire article here before continuing with this article: NIN iPhone application gets rejected.
Apple has now reversed the decision blocking the iPhone app however, following the intense criticism of the approval process that followed the move.
The app, NIN: Access, allows users to access streaming music and videos from the NIN homepage.
The app was blocked because it violated Section 3.3.12 from the iPhone SDK Agreement, which doesn't allow for objectionable and vulgar content. The song "The Downward Spiral," which was available for streaming, has many curses in its lyrics.
"Thanks Apple for the clear description of the problem - as in, what do you want us to change to get past your stupid... standards?" Reznor wrote in his rant.
Apple did not explain the new decision, adding: "It's not something we comment on."
The app, NIN: Access, allows users to access streaming music and videos from the NIN homepage.
The app was blocked because it violated Section 3.3.12 from the iPhone SDK Agreement, which doesn't allow for objectionable and vulgar content. The song "The Downward Spiral," which was available for streaming, has many curses in its lyrics.
"Thanks Apple for the clear description of the problem - as in, what do you want us to change to get past your stupid... standards?" Reznor wrote in his rant.
Apple did not explain the new decision, adding: "It's not something we comment on."
