Apple removes Sweatshop iOS game

Matthew Humphries:

Sweatshop HD was created by BAFTA-winning creative studio Littleloud. It has tower defense gameplay mechanics, but tasks the player with running a sweatshop producing clothing and footwear. It is aimed at young people in a bid to get them thinking about where the clothes we buy come from and the conditions workers in some of these factories suffer through.

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Well, we woulldn’t want young people to ask too many questions about where their iPhones come from, would we now?
http://www.facebook.com/magnus.redin Magnus Redin

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apple is just full of great moves lately.
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Stop letting appstores rule you!
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  But many people would rather be ruled – it helps them avoid taking responsibility for themselves.
http://www.facebook.com/buddhaflow Sasha Shepherd

I have to be honest: whenever I see someone with an iPhone, I quietly assume they are a non tech-savvy newb who bought one because a family or friend or advertisement told them they are cool and they have to have one, but they don’t really use them beyond phone and facebook…most folks I see with iPhones tend to be older, teenagers, or live in the southern bay area.

I’m sure a dozen people will reply that they are an uber hacker whose jailbreaked iPhone controls their 100,000 strong botnet, but that still seems to fit most people I see with iPhones, esp. outside of silicon valley.
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    Clue #1 that someone doesn’t know much about Android: they refer to it as ‘Droid’
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      OH SNAP YOU’VE GOT ME THERE I DIDN’T KNOW THE SECRET PASSWORD
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http://twitter.com/intensitystudio Antonio Carrasco

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Marc45

Apple Marketing Dept: Showing people how sweatshops operate makes us very uncomfortable but the antisocial and completely criminal behavior in Grand Theft Auto is just fine, thank you much!
horn5555

If you are interested the game is available on the web as a flash game. No need to have an phone. A computer will do nicely.
http://marrickvillian.blogspot.com/ Al Corrupt

Rotten, Apple.
Al_Packer

I’ve never owned an Apple product, and never will. This rush to have the “latest, greatest” thing seems totally foolish.
stephenl123

The developers claim their game is endorsed by Labor Behind the Label. There is no sign of this on the Labor Behind the Label website.