May 3, 2009

"I want [snuggle] you like a [kitty-cat]!"

Apple nixes the Nine Inch Nails iPhone app — after approving it.

Trent Reznor tweets: "The objectionable content referenced is 'The Downward Spiral."

What might have been:



Tame!
Posted by Ann Althouse at 5:33 PM
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7 comments:

Shawn Levasseur said...

Trent seemed so enthused. I thought they were going to announce the app's rejection.

For most of the functionality, they can just make a web app. No Apple approval needed.

5/3/09, 6:11 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...

This is one chastened batch of Apple lawyers.

5/3/09, 6:23 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...

From Wikipedia

The album relays many Nihilistic concepts, such as the chorus line in Heresy, which exclaims: "Your god is dead/And no one cares. If there is a hell/I'll see you there." It is a concept album in which the overarching plot follows the character along his life's "Downward Spiral". While this character can be understood as a representation of Reznor himself. (Metal Edge July 2005).

The Downward Spiral might have been a ruse. The real reason for nixing it was that google map feature.

The idea that a disturbed fan could track messages within a mile from his location may have been too risky a possibility to contemplate.

In oder for the software to calculate a proximity it must have a location, a location worth haking?

5/3/09, 6:48 PM
Methadras said...

As a NiN fan myself, I find this app to be very useful. Yes, I am now an iPhone owner/user.

5/3/09, 7:38 PM
Invisible Man said...

hey pig piggy pig pig pig

5/3/09, 8:02 PM
dualdiagnosis said...

After the Baby Shake app, they are on their toes.

5/3/09, 8:52 PM
Chris Althouse Cohen said...

Actually, they didn't reject the ap, they rejected an update for the ap, even though that update just fixed a bug. The ap is still available, and I'm downloading it now.

5/3/09, 10:33 PM

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