What happened to the Drudge Report App?

Tell me APPLE does the above post touch on the original subject? Can it be viewed as a rant or because of the source receives a pass? I’m just trying to understand the rules and more importantly HOW YOU APPLY THEM. I miss having the convenience of having the Drudge app on my screens.

Uni_soulja wrote:

Perhaps that word means much more than you think it does. And perhaps the other word you posted the same reply

to means much more than you think it does.

I'm sorry but your post doesn't make much sense in English. You may want to consider posting in your native language.

More than 25,000 users have checked out just two of the many questions as to what became of the Drudge report and why it is not available on the App Store. The preponderance of evidence would be that it was pulled by Drudge. Hopefully the actual reason will be revealed and revealed in this forum.

This is a technical issue; Drudge is not available for whatever reason.

This is not speculation about an unannounced product.

This is probably not about Apple policies but searches for the reason that Drudge may have pulled the app.

Users should refrain from violating Apple policies.

I appreciate this forum as a means to learn the truth.

Censorship is not a good think

You are not going to find out in this forum; it is only users here, and there don't appear to be any users who know why the Drudge report is no longer in the app store. You can try asking Drudge, but others have, to no avail. Drudge apparently doesn't want you to know why. Or is pulling your chain in the hope of creating a conspiracy theory. The one thing I am absolutely certain of is that if Apple had removed the app Matt Drudge would be screaming "CENSORSHIP" and "LEFT WING CONSPIRACY" to high heaven. As he hasn't, it wasn't because Apple removed it.

To Idris: Perhaps not from Drudge or Apple, but from someone else that has an answer.

To Lawrence: See above. No, we do not have an answer yet

25,000 people have viewed these two questions. There is interest.

To everyone: Let's mellow out and wait for whatever truth might be revealed.

I repeat, censorship is not a good thing.

So I guess it comes down to which random strangers on the internet you want to believe. You are apparently not willing to believe Lawrence’s very logical supposition. So who will you believe? If someone posts here saying that Drudge says they pulled it, will you believe them? Or are you waiting for someone to say that Apple is part of a vast left wing conspiracy to silence Drudge? As that seems to be what you believe, the human tendency toward confirmation bias would suggest the latter.

I am not Ganderson. There is evidence that Drudge pulled the app but no proof. Nor has anyone given any proof that Apple pulled the app, just that it is no longer available on their store. All commentators on this forum are random strangers to some extent. When and if someone provides proof either way this issue will be resolved. Again, more than 25,000 users have viewed this question, so there is a lot of interest. I will say that if Apple limits or deletes these posts a lot of people will conclude that Apple did pull the app. Rash charges or haughty comments are becoming tiresome and beneath the quality of this forum. A controversial question has been raised and I hope future posts are based on fact, not biased conjecture.

It is impossible to get a definitive answer in this forum. Apple will not comment (Apple never comments in ASC), and a representative of Drudge apparently will not comment. So no matter what anyone posts there will be people who don't believe them. What would you consider to be proof? A notarized statement from Matt Drudge? But even that could be forged electronically, unless you could go somewhere and view the original. But that would not be in this forum. To the best of my knowledge Apple has not deleted any posts in this thread, except those that included personal attacks.

How about asking Drudge to make a statement on their website? Have you tried that? Other people have, and they were ignored. Maybe you will be lucky.

It is possible to get a definitive answer on this forum. Apple almost certainly will not comment and I was not able to get a response from Drudge. I do not know what the future will hold. If a poster provides proof there will be proof, although I do not know what proof may be presented.

By your logic nothing is ever provable. There is a reason why the Drudge Report was taken off the app store, and most likely it was done by Drudge. I have no desire to debate anything and a lot of these posts have become tiresome. I hope only to have an honest answer to a valid question.

This seems political on the part of our beloved Apple for removing the Drudge Report app. Drudge is a conservative!!! I wish big corporations would just stay out of politics. I read the Drudge Report everyday Apple can’t stop that I just google it!!

Jimmy776 wrote:

This seems political on the part of our beloved Apple for removing the Drudge Report app. Drudge is a conservative!!! I wish big corporations would just stay out of politics. I read the Drudge Report everyday Apple can’t stop that I just google it!!

ah, someone else who jumped in without reading the rest of the thread and landed in quicksand.

Uni_soulja wrote:

Curiously you only direct this post at myself when you could have directed it to at least one other person also. Hmmm. Now I wonder why that could be.

It could be because the forum software only allows a reply to be addressed to one person. Or, it could be because Jimmy only thinks it applies to that one person.

Have you asked Matt Drudge what happened or are you afraid that his answer is going to be that he doesn't want to pay someone to write an app when you could simply use safari to get to his site without restrictions?

You think wrong. Why don't you read the thread you posted to?

If Apple is not allowing Drudge, why hasn't Matt Drudge complained? He certainly isn't shy. And Apple IS allowing Drudge. Just open Safari and go to http://drudgereport.com.

As Drudge removed it from the App Store you would have to ask drudgereport.com. Or use Safari to go to Drudgereport.com, then tap the "share" icon and choose to add it to your home screen. Or get one of the 3rd party apps that mirrors the Drudge Report. There are several.

You would know the answer if you had bothered to read any of the thread you posted to.