Apple Makes Huge Announcement About The Confederate Flag And Their Phones According to recent reports, Apple has just made the controversial decision to remove apps and games related to the Civil War from the app store because they are racist. The games that are set to be removed are Ultimate General: Gettysburg, Civil War: 1862 and Civil War the Battle Game. According to the firm, these games made the list because they feature images of the Confederate flag in offensive and mean-spirited ways. Apple referenced their app store review guidelines in the announcement, claiming: Apps containing references or commentary about a religious, cultural or ethnic group that are defamatory, offensive, mean-spirited or likely to expose the targeted group to harm or violence will be rejected. Were in no way sympathetic to the use of the flag in an offensive way; we used it purely because historically that was the flag that was used at the time, TouchArcade, a developer of an app in question, told reporters. Apple is just one of a group of companies who have been rejecting the Confederate flag following the Charleston shooting. What do you think of their controversial decision? Are they taking things too far? 