Apple left racist, sexist ringtones unchecked for years

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | August 12, 2015 | Marissa Lang

[artichokegrower]

Apple has always meticulously policed its content — especially in its App Store, where what gets uploaded and downloaded can be something of a free-for-all. Often, in the store or the iTunes library, a team from Apple will swiftly remove content for broken links, ugly design or even microscopic mentions of the company’s competitors.

And yet racist and sexist apps and ringtones have remained for use and for sale — in some cases for years — despite clearly violating Apple’s policies prohibiting “defamatory, offensive (or) mean-spirited” content against religious, cultural or ethnic groups.

[artichokegrower]

People are just way too easily offended.

[IYAS9YAS]

Who cares? Really? If you don’t want them, don’t buy them. If you do, buy them. If you use them in public, be prepared to face the consequences.

[knarf]

Is “ZIPPIDEE DOO DAHHHH” on the list

[Lx]

“Warning: Do not pick up yo phone under any circumstances,” says a voice in a ringtone called Don’t Answer (Successful Black Man Meme). “Treat yo phone like it was a crack pipe — set it down.” The app was released in January 2013 and available for purchase at $1.29 until this week. “It’s a wrong, stanky, evil phone call. Don’t even touch it. Leave it ’lone.”

That's exactly how I treat phone calls and I've never done crack. Apple has a sense of humor so they must be destroyed.

[artichokegrower]

My favorite ring tone:

Who Is My Baby Daddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O4BbMisj6s&feature=player_embedded

[OrangeHoof]

I’ll bet they’ve banned “Jesus Loves The Little Children” as offensive...

[BenLurkin]

“My first thought was, ‘Wow, I can’t believe Apple is allowing these to be sold,’ because they’re just incredibly racist,” she said. “What kind of person would create these? And what kind of person would buy them? And if my son somehow heard one of these, how would I even begin to explain why these are made and why some people think it’s funny?”

I bet she's a lot of fun at parties.

[deoetdoctrinae]

My oh my, what a wonderful day.

[Albion Wilde]

It’s sad to go through life looking for trouble. Better to explain to your kids early in life that there are always going to be idiots out there, and what other people say casually and impersonally doesn’t define you.

[PapaBear3625]

My kid’s got “Your daddy’s calling you”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWn-Jb22FLs

[Artie]

Was wondering if Shirley might be lurking out there... “Shateed, he’s the dumb one.”

[Boogieman]

Just another reason not to use Apple products. I’ll take my computing sans censorship, thank you very much.

[BBB333]

Anything audio can be made into a ring tone.

I, personally, have a mooing cow. It’s wonderful.

(Though, come to think of it, in cowspeak the moos might mean something really vile...)

[ken in texas]

(Though, come to think of it, in cowspeak the moos might mean something really vile...)

I grew up on a dairy farm and the cows always seemed to have a different moo when I approached... I think they were swearing at me. /s

[showme_the_Glory]

“Play that funky music white boy”

[PATRIOT1876]

ZIPPIDEE DOO DAHHHH is offensive, but the vile racist crap that thumps at 120 dB from the SUV at the stoplight is not deemed offensive?

...just measuring the insanity

[Maceman]

OK, white though I am, years ago I created a hip-hop voicemail message, which I recorded over a medium tempo hip hop drum beat.

I won't be using it anymore for a number of reasons (none of which include a fear of being called a "racist" by leftist Groupthinkers).

Anyway, as a public service I'm now giving it up to the public domain. So here is the "lyric" for anyone who wants to use it:

(Drums: Boom Chuk
Boom Boom Chuk
Boom Chuk
Boom Boom Chuk)

You outa luck 'cause we not home
Or maybe we just not gettin' the phone
So when you hear the beep
Just say 'Hello'
Say who you are
And whatcha callin' fo'
Leave yo' name, yo' number
And time uh yo' call
And we be gettin' right back wit' chall.

(drums: chucka chucka
chucka chucka
chucka chucka
chucka chucka
chucka chucka
chucka chucka
boom chuck chuck)
BEEP!

[dayglored]

Apple stuff, WTF...

[I want the USA back]

So this bothers the small-minded author of the article? IS chopping heads doesn’t bother it. PP killing babies doesn’t either. 0 turning the country into a backward poverty-filled banana republic doesn’t.

[Swordmaker]

Someone has their underwire in a. Wad (notice my non-sexist, non-racist reference) about sexist, racist ringtones on Apple iPhones being left in place for years and they're complaint. Is it OK to discriminate about Liberal weak-minded idiots, who are too easily offended or is that offensive to idiots everywhere? — PING!

Thanks to Dayglored for the heads up!

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