Apple is rating all Internet capable apps 17+

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Internet capable means access to the internet, period. There is no built in web browser, nor any content provided to users of this application other than the content that they themselves have placed. They will never see anyone else's content, nor will anyone see theirs.

Thats why this is such a big deal. It's ridiculous and to the point of being extreme, rather than making smart decisions about what should and should not be allowed.

If you are embedding a web page in your app and if it has links to other pages, you can essentially use it as a browser.

My problem with apple strategy is that they have safari browser and they should rate iPod/iPhone 17+ because of that and if they dont then rating all the apps who are accessing the internet should be rated 17+

Correct.

The problem here is, I didn't have a web page embedded in my app. Nor a browser. Nada.

Greg Yardley of PinchMedia asked earlier - Does this mean that any app that displays advertising w/ a built in browser should be rated 17+? In my opinion: absolutely.

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