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Apple Now Blocking 'Overtly Sexual' Apps from App Store
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And how do you plan on making your own iPhone app store without jailbreakign (which I'm sure Apple likes less than iBoobs). Please tell.
What the heck "bad" has happened to your iPhone since you purchased it??? What has Apple done?
Removed iGiggleBoobs? Is that it?
Are YOU a developer? Has Apple's review process affected you?
That's true. We should ban everyone that doesn't own an iPhone.
No. But it would be interesting if all the posters who work for companies which in any way can be considered apple competitors were required to identify themselves. There are quite a few here. Some are very obvious, others not as much.
So you made a bad, uninformed decision.
I understand now. You have two years of whining about it here before you can correct it.
Spontanios wankage. For when-ever the moment hits you. Cool.
I just hope your not standing next to me when it does!
I'm sure you're talking about me. You actually think I work for an Apple competitor because I don't like Apple's censorship? Ha!
Uh, no. Not quite. I was under the impression that Apple would not be big brother and would not be censoring the App Store. They never said they would and I had no reason to believe otherwise.So you made a bad, uninformed decision.
I understand now. You have two years of whining about it here before you can correct it.
I wouldn't have a problem telling any of those people that I was pissed about apple banning the boobs from the iphone. I wasn't raised in a prude household and I know for a fact that my boss likes boobs.
Just make your own products and be in control of them... that's your right! But to tell Apple what to do isn't YOUR right and you have the right and a CHOICE to NOT use it! Does anyone come to you and tell you what to put on your blog or anything you own? No... so what gives you the right to tell others? Just go and invent your own products and move on with you demands... See, solved!
The App Store is being prepared for the iPad and the senior citizens.
This action gives new meaning to the term 'mature content'.
What gives Apple the right to tell me that I can't have a boob app on my phone that I paid good money for? I don't want any of those appls on my phone, but if I did, then who the hell is Apple to say no?
IMO, I would think Apple doesn't seriously want to ban these apps from their store. They would have never approved in the first place if that was the case. They must feel that a larger number of their customer base oppose sexual content, over those that purchase such content. So as a business decision, they decided to remove them. It's just part of the game of making money.
The novelty of the App Store has worn off for me. I use to check it out all the time when it first arrived, but now it is flooded with too much junk. If I hear about something specific being available, I'll check it out, but other than that, I don't browse the App Store anymore.
The novelty of the App Store has worn off for me. I use to check it out all the time when it first arrived, but now it is flooded with too much junk. If I hear about something specific being available, I'll check it out, but other than that, I don't browse the App Store anymore.
TBH it's quite refreshing to see people thinking outside of the box, rather than following to the letter whatever Big Brother
apple tell them.If you oppose sexual content, don't buy it. It's really that simple. If those people who complained to Apple are too stupid to figure it out, then perhaps they should buy a RAZR.
True.
I oppose killing people. Dear Apple, please remove any violent games from the store.
While I agree, there are a lot of redundant apps (how many Flashlight or iFart apps do we need?), getting rid of apps just b/c they're sexual in nature seems a little silly to me. If they're getting rid of those apps, it's also stupid to not get rid of the violent ones, too. IMO, Apple should keep these apps, just put it in its own category and let individuals be able to block those apps. That way, people don't have to see them if they don't want, are able to get them if they do, and Apple can continue raking in the money from them so it's a Win-Win situation for everyone.
One thing though, I've seen a few posts in this thread about how sad it is Apple allows (or at least allowed) sexual apps on its App Store. I don't what's sadder: that or the fact that these apps are on the most downloaded boards.
One thing though, I've seen a few posts in this thread about how sad it is Apple allows (or at least allowed) sexual apps on its App Store. I don't what's sadder: that or the fact that these apps are on the most downloaded boards.
I have women in and around my life I can look @ that any time I want... For the wierdos who can't find a lady to catch a thrill isn't Apples problem... This is a personal issue and something you don't want to be slapping everyone in the face with! And again... Just invent your own products then you can perve out all you want!
Isn't this issue yet another argument for user-choice over "let Apple decide what's good for us"?
Yeah, it is that simple for you and I. Too bad a large number of Apple's customers don't see it that way.
I have no problem with sexual content on the App Store.
This isn't about being able to "perve out" (and I disagree with the notion that looking at this sort of thing makes you a pervert, everyone looks at porn) but it's about censorship.
Like I said, I don't have any of these apps. I don't want any of these apps. I am against censorship, whether it's fart apps, boob apps, violent games, whatever, I am against the systematic banning of them from the app store because a bunch of prude puritans don't like their content.