iPhone Santa Makes Kiddies Cry

A couple of weeks ago we reported that the developers of festive iPhone app Santa Live was buying himself some 5-star reviews via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. You’d think things couldn’t get any worse, but you’d be wrong. The app, which serves up a different Santa-themed video each day over Advent, yesterday treated children to a rendition of the classic Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer. (No, me neither. Must be an American thing.) As you can probably guess, tears and humourless e-mails followed, with the result that Santa Live has left the App Store.

Search as we might, we couldn’t find a video of the offending ditty anywhere on t’ net, so you’ll have to settle for the alternative version below. I think that you’ll agree the added hint of IP theft is totally in keeping.

Random philosophical pondering: Is Grandma getting run over by reindeers better or worse than catching Mommy kissing Santa Claus? Please feel free to discuss this in the comments.

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