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Crudebox becomes Prudebox to make it into the App Store
When Apple rejected Crudebox twice because it was too offensive, the developers decided to take a different approach. They reskinned the app as "Prudebox," leaving all the original sound effects -- farts, yawns, burps, vomiting -- in place, but replacing slime with flowers and bunnies. They also made some changes to the names of their sound effects: "Wet Fart" became "Big Toot."
Surprise! Prudebox, an app with the exact functionality of Crudebox, was accepted to Apple's app store. This might not be the most egregious example of arbitrary rejection we've ever seen from Apple, and it's not really a life-changing application, but one could make a slippery slope argument. Is a Big Toot really that much more acceptable than a Wet Fart?
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Subscribe to commentsmijaiApr 24th 2009 5:59PM
I would be interested in it . thank you
Taylor. Yes, Taylor.Apr 24th 2009 6:46PM
Like I said yesterday, this is all silly. Is a big toot really that much better than a wet fart? I don't know, but why the hell is Apple trying to make that decision? If i were a shareholder I'd be pissed that they were wasting man hours on decisions like this!
-Taylor
VotreApr 25th 2009 4:19PM
Does anybody really care about something like this?
Or is it more that Apple has a knack for getting their contrived issues and faux new stories carried by otherwise intelligent tech blogs?
I expected more from Download Squad than to cover such a "no story" story.
EliasApr 24th 2009 7:37PM
I believe this sounds like something I "need" to have.
iGateApr 24th 2009 9:28PM
I'd be interested in a free copy. thx
Peter SmithApr 24th 2009 9:35PM
Did you say free.... count me in.
wrabbitApr 26th 2009 12:56PM
Apple's whole filtering process is just a big fart!
pooptheworld.comMay 14th 2009 1:52AM
We had to remove the fragrance: "Dead Horse's Genitals" in order to get approved by the app store...there's a story for the grand children!
We took this whole crap app thing quite literally when we created the first iPhone "bathroom journal" called POOP THE WORLD, allowing you to geotag your location, and send your friends an iPoop...somebody had to do it :-)
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=310125724&mt=8