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Since the creation of smartphones, many users have been creating highly effective, useful apps and addicting games to create cellular devices a fundamental element of our lives. However, every once in a while, someone decides to create an app that big players Google and Apple deem to be unacceptable. From the a large amount of apps which have been created and accepted by either screening process, merely a handful has been banned.
The Twisted Ban By Apple
Probably the most controversial apps hitting the app store was called Baby Shaker. Creating a major stir with the parenting community, the premise of the app was simple: your phone has changed into a crying baby and it’s your job to shake it until it stops crying…or dies. It’s easy to understand why this app was removed just a few days after it slid under the app store radar; whether or not this was promoting child abuse or not, it isn’t acceptable to turn shaken baby syndrome right into a game.
The Prankster Calls Google More
A more light-hearted app to be taken down an app created for prank calling. Only accessible in the Android market (because Apple denied their app), SpoofApp was used to complete just like its name suggests-spoof your caller ID. Citing federal laws, Google removed the app after 3 years stating that the intentional changing of caller identification is against the law in the United States.
iTunes Deactivates the Activist
Not all apps were created to result in harm. One such app, Smuggle Truck, was developed to boost awareness of current issues inside the government based on the creators. Hanging around, you controlled a truck which was on the mission to smuggle illegal immigrants over the proverbial border. Possibly because of outside influence, the iTunes store moderators pulled the app right after its release deeming the satire to be inappropriate anyway.
The Tightrope Walker Hits the Android Net
Stand-alone games haven’t been the only apps scrutinized through the years. Recently, the Android market has cracked down on game emulating apps. While technically-at least within the United States-it isn't illegal to produce or distribute a game title emulator; however, the games that are being emulated are illegal. Because of this fine line, the Google team decided not to risk any unwarranted lawsuits and removed any game emulation apps from the Market.