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Apple is making it mandatory to use its official in-app rating function in the Apple API.

While these new rules are clearly a boon for consumers, many developers may find the constraints too limiting. Among the many ways that our apps get on our nerves is when they repeatedly pressure us to leave a review in the App Store, but as of this week, Apple is cutting back on those annoying prompts significantly.

The developer, whose post was first noticed by Motherboard, received a rejection letter from Apple saying your app contains images and references to Pepe the Frog, which are considered objectionable content. Previously, when a new app version of an iOS app was released, the ratings would be reset to zero since the current App Store only aggerates reviews of the current versions of the software. An app can only display the prompt three times a year, regardless of how often its been updated. If an app has recently undergone significant changes then it might be more hard to find relevant reviews unless users take the time to write reviews without being prompted. And, it will be possible to disable these review prompts entirely starting in iOS 11.

If you still dislike the new way of Apple encouraging you to rate apps, you can turn them off altogether by heading into the iOS Settings app.

The app in question is a Flappy Bird-style game starring Pepe the Frog except instead of tapping you scream into the phones microphone. Theres nothing the developer can do to display the prompt again when the limit has been reached. People have been annoyed by app review prompts for years, and this update seems to remedy the problem.

It looks like Pepe the Frog is not welcome on the Apple App Store. And once a user has left a rating, theyll never see it again. Developers will have an increased chance of receiving a rating, providing they respect the users choice. It was an inconvenient system and many users just ignored the prompts.

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An image from an altercation during a demonstration supporting the Sam Houston statue in Houston's Hermann Park on Saturday, June 10, 2017. (Screenshot from YouTube)

An image from an altercation during a demonstration supporting the Sam Houston statue in Houston's Hermann Park on Saturday, June 10, 2017. (Screenshot from YouTube)

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017.

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017.

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

A number of protesters, many armed with guns and wearing camouflage or makeshift armor, rallied at Hermann Park in Houston on Saturday, June 10, 2017

Video: Alt-right protester choked out for waving meme signs at Sam Houston monument protest

A bystander video appears to show an armed man place a demonstrator with Nazi symbols in a choke hold at Saturday's gathering to support the statue of Sam Houston in the city's Hermann Park after apparently fake calls for its removal because Houston owned slaves.

The video, which appears to show a choke hold lasting about five seconds, was posted to YouTube by an apparent anti-Semitic account supportive of the "alt-right," a loose political affiliation that often blends racism, white nationalism and populism.

The person who posted the video labeled the altercation as "Latino Oath Keeper Chokes Alt-Right White Nationalist In Houston Texas."

(WARNING: Video contains graphic language.)

The man who was choked had been carrying a megaphone, signs with alt-right images such as "Pepe the Frog" and a flag that combined elements of the American flag with Nazi symbols such as the sonnenrad, which the Anti-Defamation League says was used by Adolf Hitler's Nazi party as well his stomtroopers in the SA and SS. Today the symbol is popular with white supremacists, according to the ADL, an anti-hate organization founded in 1913.

In the seconds before the altercation, he defended his presence against a gathering angry crowd.

"These are good memes," he said, holding up his signs that featured "Pepe the Frog" imagery as well as a Star of David.

"Dude, this is not Comicon," another man yelled, referring to a convention of comics-lovers.

"I know, what is it?" the alt-right supporter asked rhetorically. "I thought I was just coming to make friends."

SAM HOUSTON PROTEST: Gun-carrying protesters, some waving Confederate flags, rally in Hermann Park

The account that posted the video labeled the man who choked the alt-right supporter as an Oath Keeper. The Oath Keepers - whose members often show up heavily armed at tense protests, purportedly to prevent dictatorship - is "one of the largest radical antigovernment groups in the U.S. today," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks radical groups.

The alt-right supporter soon was escorted out of the demonstration, walking toward the police line as demonstrators chanted, "Na, na, na, na. Hey, hey, hey. Goodbye."

The Houston Police Department did not make any arrests or issue any citations at the protest, spokesman Victor Senties said Monday. Police were not aware of the altercation until a reporter asked about the video Monday.

"We were not made aware of the choke hold incident," Senties said. Officers met the man at the police line as he was escorted out, but the man did not mention an assault or ask to file a complaint.

If the victim wanted, police could start an investigation that ultimately could lead to criminal charges, but the spokesman said that can only happen with the victim's cooperation.

"You've got to have a complainant," he said.

There was a heavy police presence throughout the event, the Chronicle previously reported.

"We work very closely with organizers regardless of what the issue may be, no matter what their objectives are," Chief Art Acevedo said Saturday at the demonstration. "We want to make sure that people work with us and we work with them and let them accomplish their goal, which is to express their views."

READ MORE: Hoax Texas group calls for removal of iconic Houston statue

Carrying Texas and Confederate flags, participants seemed concerned the park's Sam Houston statue might be removed because the historical figure owned slaves.

"Erasing history for the sake of political correctness or to make somebody feel better, it's not just stupid it's dangerous," said David Amad, an organizer of the demonstration.

The group wants others to understand Sam Houston's contribution to Texas history. The demonstration was organized after rumors spread that a group called Texas Antifa was planning to show up to advocate removing the statue from the park.

READ MORE:It's easy to take down a statue. It's harder to understand Sam Houston, a biographer writes.

But the group, This is Texas, was left advocating for a cause without the other side present. The anticipated anti-Sam Houston protesters were no-shows at Hermann Park. Throughout the week, media reports swirled that Saturday's protest advocating the statue's removal was fake.

Houston Antifa, a local chapter of the International Antifascist/Antiracist organization ANTIFA, called Texas Antifa fake and "alt-right trolls trying to use hot button issues to drum up ire," in a Facebook message.

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Video: Alt-right protester choked out for waving meme signs at Sam Houston monument protest - Chron.com

The choke hold. (Picture YouTube/Alt Right Pepe General Franco.)

A follower of the racist so-called alt-right shouted But what about the memes? as he was kicked out of a far-right rally.

Footage has emerged of a man, armed with hand-drawn renderings of Pepe the Frog, being unceremoniously kicked out of a nationalist rally in Texas.

He was holding signs saying RED SCUM YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED when participants in the rally started telling him that he needs to leave.

But what about the memes? he pleads with the group, pointing to the memes he had painstakingly painted onto sheets of card.

A woman in military camo then tells him to get the fuck out, and he dejectedly replies: But these are good memes.

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And when another man shouts at him Dude, this is not Comic Con!, he replies, clearly disheartened: I know. I just came to make friends.

Things quickly escalated, with one rally participant grabbing the alt-right guy from behind and putting him in a stronghold.

The man eventually conceded defeat, and ended up having to find sanctuary with the police.

The right-wing rally was in Houston, and saw hundreds of individuals most of whom were armed descend on a park in the city.

They were reportedly protesting what they claimed were efforts to remove a statue of historic Texas figure Sam Houston because he owned slaves.

In cities across America, statues of Confederate heroes are being removed due to historic racist undertones.

Sam Houston, who was the Republic of Texas first president, owned slaves but he also refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.

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Apple banned an app featuring Pepe the Frog, a meme loved by the alt-right, the developer said in a Reddit post found by Motherboard.

The developer of the app, Pepe Scream, received an email from an Apple app review employee saying the your app contains images and references of Pepe the Frog, which are considered objectionable content."

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App Store icon Photo: PhotoAtelier/Flickr

Pepe Scream was rejected by Apple for violating section 1.1 of Apple's App Store Review Guidelines, which states that apps "should not include content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, or in exceptionally poor taste."

My friend and I came up with the idea of combining sh--posting with autistic screeching, so we made this just for fun, the developer said on Reddit. But when we tried to release to the App Store, we got hit with 'Your app contains images and references of Pepe the Frog, which are considered objectionable content.'This is pretty stupid, because we spent a ton of hours trying to get this to work on iOS and spent $99 on the developer license, and now we cant even post it to the App Store.

The developer pointed out that the app is live in Googles Play Store, which also houses other Pepe the Frog apps, including Pepe Snap, Rare Pepe Clicker, Flappy Pepeand Pepe Button.

Read: Apple Takes Down Drone Notification App 'Metadata' From App Store -- Again

Pepe Scream isnt the first Pepe app Apple has rejected. Last October, the App Store denied Build the Wall: The Game, also over objectionable content. The game lets users build President Donald Trumps wall and features Pepe the Frog.

Apple could have rejected those apps because Pepe the Frog is seen as a hate sign. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit that fights anti-Semitism, listed the character as a general hate symbol.

"The majority of uses of Pepe the Frog have been, and continue to be, non-bigoted, said ADL in a post. The number of alt right Pepe memes has grown, a tendency exacerbated by the controversial and contentious 2016 presidential election. Though Pepe memes have many defenders, the use of racist and bigoted versions of Pepe memes seems to be increasing, not decreasing.

Meanwhile, Apple CEO Tim Cook poked fun at Trumps early morning tweeting habit. During his commencement speech at MITFriday, Cook said hell never figure out how the schools students have obviously taken over the president's Twitter account."

"I can tell college students are behind it, because most of the tweets happen at 3 a.m.," Cook said as the audience laughed.

Apple has been at odds with Trump recently. The company criticized the administration over the Trumps travel ban. Cook also said Trump made the wrong decision regarding the Paris climate agreement.

I think its not in the best interest of the United States what he decided, Cook told Bloomberg. My view is that first and foremost things are about, can you help your country and if you can help your country and you do that by interacting, then you do it. The country eclipses politics.

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The internets most racist frog has croaked.

Innocuous cartoon turned co-opted hate symbol Pepe the Frog is dead, according to his long-suffering creator an attempt to lay to rest months of the grinning amphibian adorning alt-right and anti-Semitic memes.

Creator Matt Furie announced the untimely demise in a strip for Free Comic Book Day, drawing the sly, simpering frog in an open casket while characters from Furies book Boys Club pour whiskey on his expired face.

Furie previously lamented the hijacking of his chill frog-dude in an October piece for Time magazine, explaining the character hed debuted in 2006 had begun as an inside-joke and a symbol for feeling sad or feeling good and many things in between.

Pepe the Frog creator mourns that cartoon is hate symbol

But far-right internet users in recent months commandeered the anthropomorphic frog, swathing him in Ku Klux Klan robes and Nazi uniforms in memes posted to sites like 4chan and Reddit.

Its completely insane that Pepe has been labeled a symbol of hate, and that racists and anti-Semites are using a once peaceful frog-dude from my comic book as an icon of hate, Furie wrote. Its a nightmare, and the only thing I can do is see this as an opportunity to speak out against hate.

The Anti-Defamation League in September designated Pepe a hate symbol, with CEO Jonathan Greenblatt blasting anti-Semites for abusing the image of a cartoon character, one that might at first seem appealing, to harass and spread hatred on social media.

The Trump Train also ushered Pepe on board, with alt-right types using the frog in memes supporting President Trump and disparaging Hillary Clinton.

Wendys Twitter account posts Pepe the Frog meme

Trump, in fact, shared another users Pepe meme in October manually retweeting an image of the frog wearing his classic golden helmet and standing behind a presidential podium.

Donald Trump Jr. and Roger Stone in light of Clinton placing half of Trump supporters into a basket of deplorables shared an Expendables-parody meme in September featuring Pepe, themselves and other Trump associates flanking the candidate.

Ive never even heard of Pepe the Frog, the Trump son later told Good Morning America. I bet 90% of your viewers havent heard of Pepe the Frog. I thought it was a frog in a wig. I thought it was funny. I had no idea that theres any connotation there.

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