alt Hacker NewsI'm pretty sure they were all the rage when _I_ was at school, but that was long before the iPhone.
I'm curious on what grounds they blocked the app.
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willio58 • today at 4:39 PM
Mentioned below in a few comments but it was on the grounds of using his name/likeness.
bananaflag • today at 2:55 PM
(Not the parent poster) I found out about them in 2008-2009, and they were quite popular online and offline.
dfxm12 • today at 2:52 PM
If you're curious, maybe you can look into Chuck's lawsuit against Penguin's book of Chuck Norris facts. He would eventually "co-author" his own book. The obvious guess here is trademark infringement (over use of Chuck's name/likeness) and/or copyright (if some of these facts were lifted from his book).
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> I'm curious on what grounds they blocked the app.
The app probably used his pictures or his name, which are easy candidates for copyright or trademark-claims.