iPhone eReader Eucalyptus Given 17+ Rating By Apple

Take note, readers: eReaders apparently offer frequent/intense mature/suggestive themes! Well, at least this one does. On Twitter, Eucalyptus author Jamie Montgomerie says his app is now saddled with a 17+ rating (and, oddly, referred to as a game on its App Store page warning section). You may recall that the app caused controversy when Apple rejected it , primarily for it enabling you to download the text from Kamasutra. Apple later relented , but now the app has all sorts of warnings on the App Store, as shown above. Again, the problem isn’t so much Apple’s decision—although it seems heavy-handed for a text-based eReader that only grabs content from Project Gutenberg—but a lack of consistency. At the time of writing, Free Books ( App Store link ) is rated 12+, while Stanza ( App Store link ) is rated 4+, despite it providing access to Project Gutenberg and a bunch more content. Here’s hoping Apple soon starts levelling the playing field for all, because it’d be a huge shame for a great piece of indie software to lose sales due to having a rating none of its similar competition has. Eucalyptus is available for $9.99 on the App Store and comes recommended if you can deal with the kind of mind-warping infrequent/mild alcohol references, infrequent/mild profanity, infrequent/mild horror themes, frequent/intense mature/suggestive themes and infrequent/mild sexual content that Apple argues you’ll find in the text of classic out-of-copyright novels.

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iPhone eReader Eucalyptus Given 17+ Rating By Apple