Summary:
The Weed Firm app, after hitting No.1 on the apple store, was taken down by Apple. Its popularity was growing at a substantial rate. The company saw its popularity and finally decided to take a stand and pull it out of the app store. There has been no announcement by Apple as to why it has been removed but the speculations for removal are because of the companies stance on pot.
Analysis:
I get why the removed it. They didn't want to hurt their sales by making parents upset that their kids have access to downloading games that encourage the use of drugs. Also, they might not want to have an open stance on the use of Marijuana because it might drive some morally anal people away from buying apple products ever again. My best guess as to why they haven't said anything is because they're trying to formulate a perfect lie that wont get them into any trouble. Also to keep the support of their millions of customers who smoke pot and their hundreds of parents who actually care.
I've seen worse games than this harmless app. *cough* Grand Theft Auto *cough*
Source:
http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/23/technology/mobile/apple-weed-firm/index.html?iid=SF_T_Lead
Though this is a controversial issue, pot is still illegal, thus, any games or apps promoting the consumption of pot should be illegal, too.
ReplyDeleteWould have Apple taken the app down had it not raised attention to itself by becoming a number one download? Would it have just remained anonymous among the hundreds of apps available? The users would still have made their choices concerning their drug use regardless.
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