Apple has now been blocked the term Jailbreak from its iTunes app and music store.
Such is Apple's concern over the jailbreaking phenomena that it's apparently censored references to it in content on the App Store.
The censorship was first picked up by an iOS hacker who noticed cetain music tracks with the term, such as rock band Thin Lizzy's ‘Jailbreak', appeared with their name partially blocked by asterisks.
At the time of reporting, the censorship appears to be somewhat inconsistent. It hasn't blocked out every search result on iTunes, and the ones it has see the title blocked but the description left unscathed.
It seems a bit extreme if you ask us - but then we know how Apple likes to keep its walled garden just that, walled, so it's not entirely surprising.
Interestingly, the censorship isn't affecting every version of the App Store in different global regions, so perhaps this is some kind of error.


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