Why Does Apple Ban Political Games?

The Supreme Court thinks games are protected speech. But America's most powerful company doesn't.

This week, Apple banned the game Sweatshop HD from their app store.

This week, Apple banned the game Sweatshop HD from their app store.

Source: i1.cdnds.net

The game puts you in the role of a manager in charge of "hiring, firing, and motivating an underpaid workforce to meet dangerous manufacturing demands."

The game puts you in the role of a manager in charge of "hiring, firing, and motivating an underpaid workforce to meet dangerous manufacturing demands."

Source: indiegames.com

Via: gamasutra.com

This isn't the first time that Apple has banned a game for having politics. In January, Apple rejected Endgame: Syria, a strategy game about the Syrian uprising.

This isn't the first time that Apple has banned a game for having politics. In January, Apple rejected Endgame: Syria , a strategy game about the Syrian uprising.


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