Here’s the scoop:
“We removed the Exodus International app from the Apple Store because it violates our developer guidelines by being offensive to large groups of people,” Tom Neumayr told the Daily News.
He would not comment on why the app was received a “4″ rating from Apple, which means the program has “no objectionable material.”
Simple as that. Here’s our full press release, if you missed it.
I think the only reason these apps manage to squeeze through is oversight on the part of apple. That is why 4+ rating. They don’t want to admit that they don’t really spend that much time looking at apps rather than just sending them through.
I’ve been told that the process is automated at some levels. If certain criteria are met, it gets kicked up to a human being for inspection. The Exodus app was created at a DIY pick and chose your option site that seems to offer a limited number of features/templates. You fill in the blanks and get an “app” (sort of). The developer/site may have a good rep and/or the content might not have been present when checked (it comes up from the website), so it got a 4+.
I have a hard time believing that each of those bazillion apps is inspected by a person, so this would make sense. Maybe someone closer to the process can verify. Certainly the initial 4+ rating, as with the Manhattan Declaration app, means nothing.