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twigman08

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Something tells their is more to this than what we know. I don't fully believe Apple just took this app off the top App Store out of the blue. It must have been because of a customer complaint that made them target it more or something.

Considering Apple hasn't blocked web browsers or search engines which could easily be used to search nude pictures, something tells me we are missing part of the story. I know when I downloaded Google Chrome it said you had to be like 17 or older. So something tells me that would have done just that except their must be something more to this story.
 

macsrcool1234

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I'm trying to understand the people in this thread. So Apple allows all these other apps showing nudity and violence and blood and guts and then just haphazardly decided to block this one? Randomly? Out of the blue? Just cause?

People here don't realize that there has to be some reason they did this? And it wasn't just them trying to shut down nudity on the internet?

Would any of these people badmouthing Apple like to offer their reason why Apple hasn't blocked all the other apps?

You realize you just proved the point of everybody 'badmouthing' Apple, right?
 

BigHonkingDeal

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Feb 8, 2009
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This has probably more to do with their legal department protecting that 100+ billion nest egg from law suits and worries about a boycott from some outraged organization, then moral judgement on Apples part.....
 

Avicdar

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Oct 11, 2004
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I'm a photographer on 500px, and my portfolio has nudity in it.

This idea of protecting someone from artistic expressions in this area is a little ridiculous. People can make their own choices about what they see and what they don't.

500px puts a warning on every image that is even remotely 'adult' (even implied nudity) and you have to click through that to see the image. The only exception to this is when a photographer like me uses 500px for a hosting site that links directly via your domain (and effectively suppresses the 500px logic and allows the photographer to present their photos as they like).

I recall buying a censored fashion magazine in the app store - which I thought was pretty stupid, and I asked for my money back.

This is pretty silly stuff.
 
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ThunderSkunk

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Dec 31, 2007
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I couldn't care less about nudity, but if there's one thing I can't stand it's a self-righteous gloater who has made the mistake of assuming himself a moral authority, and castigating others from on high.

That these are the very people who further the US's physically and mentally unhealthy approach to nudity and sex, and its appetite for destruction and violence, is no coincidence. Back to the Bronze Age with that line of thinking.

Don't join them, Apple, or you can join them...
 

MacDav

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Mar 24, 2004
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The pics I've seen using Apples Safari App would make a hardened pornographer cringe. Cringe with delight of course.
 

mrsir2009

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Sep 17, 2009
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They can't pull every app that could possibly show nudity, instagram, Flickr and many others would disappear too.

FaceBook, Twitter, Safari, Chrome... The Camera app...

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Something tells their is more to this than what we know. I don't fully believe Apple just took this app off the top App Store out of the blue. It must have been because of a customer complaint that made them target it more or something.

Considering Apple hasn't blocked web browsers or search engines which could easily be used to search nude pictures, something tells me we are missing part of the story. I know when I downloaded Google Chrome it said you had to be like 17 or older. So something tells me that would have done just that except their must be something more to this story.

I noticed that too - But for Safari you don't have to be 17 or older, funnily enough :rolleyes:
 

macsrcool1234

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So there's no chance that there was a logical reason they did this? It had to be inconsistency and hypocrisy? You're proving my point about the 'badmouthers'....

A. This has happened many times before to high profile apps.
B. The logic behind your 'point' also serves to disprove it...
 

xlii

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Sep 19, 2006
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Apple... don't take away the violent games! Funny how people see nudity as being *BAD* when it is a normal human condition. Violent games or movies are considered OK.

Don't get me wrong... none of the above bothers me... we should each be able to make our own decision of what is art and what is trash.
 

naumank

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Jan 22, 2013
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The fact that Apple is playing the moral police is disgusting. They have no business intruding on users' free choices of information.
 

harley3k

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Feb 6, 2008
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Sorry, but this is stupid.

They better remove every email, and browser app, because they can also display nudity.

Oh and remove their own camera app, so I don't take a nude photo.
 

B2k1977

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Mar 15, 2009
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Simple solution

Don't like looking at nude images on your device? Well don't look! It's called personal responsibility!
 

ConCat

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I hope you meant "Apple's obsession with CENSORING nudity". Their customers are the ones who obsess over nudity and that's probably why most people are upset here. Their fun has been taken away. People sure give themselves away here when news like this comes up. :D

Oh noes, I have given myself away. Now everyone knows that I like nude photos. Woe is me. I shall forever be known as a "straight male" to the masses. :(
 

JAT

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Dec 31, 2001
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I'm trying to understand the people in this thread. So Apple allows all these other apps showing nudity and violence and blood and guts and then just haphazardly decided to block this one? Randomly? Out of the blue? Just cause?

People here don't realize that there has to be some reason they did this? And it wasn't just them trying to shut down nudity on the internet?

Would any of these people badmouthing Apple like to offer their reason why Apple hasn't blocked all the other apps?
Reason has also been discussed. The ratings is off from where it should be.
LMAO at the people here who are annoyed that the app was pulled. They must use it day in, day out, at lunch, at dinner, before work and during church. :D
I think you mean download. Because being pulled from the Store doesn't mean you have to stop using it if you already have it.
I noticed that too - But for Safari you don't have to be 17 or older, funnily enough :rolleyes:
However, parents can shut it off if they choose on their kids' devices. And then use a browser with parental controls. If you are an adult, do whatever you want, you can even be snarky on the internet. Enjoy.



Side point. When will it become cool to rebel against the internet standards, like being a sarcastic sob? Can't wait.

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Oh noes, I have given myself away. Now everyone knows that I like nude photos. Woe is me. I shall forever be known as a "straight male" to the masses. :(

That'll get your ass kicked in CA.
 

SeattleMoose

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Jul 17, 2009
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The United States has a very sick view of the human body. Somehow, old biddies have evidently taken over and the human body is something to be hidden away and to be ashamed of. THAT is truly sick!!!

Of course old biddies and 50-something nudist protestors SHOULD be hidden away. But young pretty females....that is just pure beauty!!!

So let's see the "evidence"!!!!;)
 
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