Retailers moving to ditch Confederate flag merchandise

[cinyc]

Apple has just removed all Civil War strategy games from App Store.

Is that real???

Unfortunately, yes.

There's no reaction quite like an overreaction.

[cinyc]

Obviously apps with "legitimate" uses of the Confederate flag (like strategy games that don't glorify the Lost Cause) will be restored once this dies down. Apple's making a smart business decision here.

How is this a smart business decision?

Because now they won't get caught up in the controversy for having "Confederate flag apps"

Virtually no one is ever going to notice the Civil War apps were gone from the store, especially once they start reviewing and restoring the apps that aren't neo-Confederate.

Instead they'll get caught up in the controversy of overreacting and censoring content for no good reason.  I didn't even know there were Civil War apps until Apple decided to censor them.

[cinyc]

Guess it was good business for everyone then. Those apps will sell a lot when they're reinstated, and Apple gets their cut too.

I don't have any faith in Apple reinstating games if they include the confederate flag, even in its proper historical context.  Once fascist PC "progressives" get their way, there is no going back lest you get labeled an evil hateful bigot.