windywoo
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Or someone else's wife's/girlfriend's ta-tas while they aren't looking. Or pay girls $20 a pop to take pictures!
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Apple Will Not Distribute 'Porn' and Other Inappropriate Content
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Or someone else's wife's/girlfriend's ta-tas while they aren't looking. Or pay girls $20 a pop to take pictures!
Apple is really just protecting themselves from ridiculous laws in the US. Imagine if you pulled up an app on your iPhone that showed someone naked in a school zone. Congratulations you are now going to be categorized just like a child sex predator and have to register now. Imagine if they decided to go back and sue the company that made it so accessible to get porn in inappropriate places. Yes, they may not win anything except set a precedent. Either way, until all the uptight people (at least in this country) get over themselves and nudity, sexuality and anything else they have hang ups on due to hundreds of years of religious oppression, we aren't going to get the true freedom of information so many people want.
This is a modern, politically correct definition. Older definitions leave out the word "organs", so it's just pertaining to sexual ACTIVITY. It also makes assumptions about the authors intent. Did Michelangelo mean to stimulate us with his portrayal of David? Hard to ask him now...
How about a restricted access XXX App store?
Apple is missing out on a huge revenue stream. Why not allow an adult section in the app store requiring age verification, 18+, for users who wish to view this content?
Just keep it discrete and inaccessible to minors.
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Apple is missing out on a huge revenue stream. Why not allow an adult section in the app store requiring age verification, 18+, for users who wish to view this content?
Just keep it discrete and inaccessible to minors.
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I bet an app that depicts forms of violence is OK with Walmart....did a say that I meant Apple.
Bubba Satori
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Good move Apple. The standards in this country have gone down the toilet in the last 20-30 years and the world wide web has hastened their demise even quicker. If you want that content, google it and I assure you that you'll find it in spades. If you need an app like that, write one yourself and put it on your own iPod Touch or iPhone.
Move along . . . nothing to see here.
Move along . . . nothing to see here.
Relax, kiddies. Apple is not trying to play the moralist by rejecting those apps. It's purely a business concern. The simple fact is (no matter what anyone says) they are worried about how *they would look* if they allowed porn apps and thus began *making money off sales of porn apps.* That doesn't look good for anybody. The whole argument about "the porn app called Safari" doesn't hold water because Apple *doesn't make money* if or when users visit iPhone-optimized porn sites on mobile Safari. 😉
Logically speaking, Apple should not distribute porn via the appstore since Steve Jobs, the Chief Executive of Apple Inc. is also on the Board ofDirectors of Walt Disney Co., which has come to represent "wholesome family entertainment" and porn certainly doesn't fall into that category.
I'd say Apple made the right call to pull porn off the appstore.
I'd say Apple made the right call to pull porn off the appstore.
Ok I'm going to be honest, I only made it to page 8 then physically couldn't read any more of the balls about what lust is etc.
I agree with Apple that porn should not be allowed. I think it's good they're sticking to their guns and choosing their image over the inevitable rise in profits they would get if they did allow porn.
Now that I've said that however, the app in question was in no size, shape or form porn!
In the UK one of the most widely sold newspapers has the now renowned 'Page 3'. In case you're unaware Page 3 contains a topless woman every day. This is a paper that parents read at the breakfast table, men and women read at work or on trains/buses.
It's not a big deal, it's a pair of boobs.
When I go on holiday to Spain 75% of the women on the beach are topless, this is on the normal non-nude beach. If they want to go the whole way they go to the nude beach. Using this as an example you could say topless images are not even nudity, so how it can be porn is mind-boggling..
All the kids playing on the beach amongst these topless women aren't going to turn into sex beasts because they saw a few pairs of boobies on the beach. In fact it's the opposite effect, the local kids who grew up with this way of life are the ones who don't even notice the boobs and it's the holiday makers who are usually giggling or whatever.
I really think Apple need to grow some balls a little. There's being protective and there's being over protective. There's no reason they can't use the filters to protect kids from topless images if they so wish too.
I agree with Apple that porn should not be allowed. I think it's good they're sticking to their guns and choosing their image over the inevitable rise in profits they would get if they did allow porn.
Now that I've said that however, the app in question was in no size, shape or form porn!
In the UK one of the most widely sold newspapers has the now renowned 'Page 3'. In case you're unaware Page 3 contains a topless woman every day. This is a paper that parents read at the breakfast table, men and women read at work or on trains/buses.
It's not a big deal, it's a pair of boobs.
When I go on holiday to Spain 75% of the women on the beach are topless, this is on the normal non-nude beach. If they want to go the whole way they go to the nude beach. Using this as an example you could say topless images are not even nudity, so how it can be porn is mind-boggling..
All the kids playing on the beach amongst these topless women aren't going to turn into sex beasts because they saw a few pairs of boobies on the beach. In fact it's the opposite effect, the local kids who grew up with this way of life are the ones who don't even notice the boobs and it's the holiday makers who are usually giggling or whatever.
I really think Apple need to grow some balls a little. There's being protective and there's being over protective. There's no reason they can't use the filters to protect kids from topless images if they so wish too.
No plague needed... just convince 150,000,001 of your closest friends to vote libertarian! 🙂
True, the USA is soooooo hypocritical.
Here in Europe you can see woman without bikini tops lying in the sun in public baths and that's not so special.
branjosef
macrumors 6502a
Yah Disney's very wholesome image might be tarnished by a perverted iPhone app I'm sure Brittney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, and all the rest of the whack jobs Disney has spawned over the past couple decades are reeling over the lack of morality our country has. Don't forget Capatain EO he might be turning over in his grave sipping on his Jesus Juice about a dirty iPhone app.
if people are really that hard pressed to need to get an app from the app store to watch porn...I fear for the technological savvy of the world.😱
Good Move!
Thank you Apple, there is enough of that garbage on the internet, everyone who does enjoy it has enjoyed it without the iPhone to this day.
The Rating system is probably for games.
Thank you Apple, there is enough of that garbage on the internet, everyone who does enjoy it has enjoyed it without the iPhone to this day.
The Rating system is probably for games.
Fight for decency
I am going to step out and state something that is very unpopular. Pornography is wrong. I don't care who are you are what your political, religious, or personal stance is about it. In the past 10 years I have seen, in counseling type environments, hundreds of families ruined over pornography. Pornography has caused more harm to our society and to our youth than any other single thing in history. Pornography is anything but harmless. History will revel the impact of this filth. You can be angry, curse me, or call me old fashioned. But I know that this is true. And lets be clear, pornography is any image, text, or video that entices a sexual response. I have seen the effects of the "soft-porn" (bikini's, nudity, provocative images, etc...) in hundreds of men and women's lives, non of the effects have been positive. And "Hard-core" pornography, is exponentially worse.
I take my hat off to Apple for standing up and making a firm stance. I wish more companies, organizations, and groups would make the same stance. Apple will continue to receive my business as long as they continue to stand strong to winds of social pressure.
I commend them for pulling the app. I think they should err on the safe side rather than allow the boundaries to be pushed. I think there are several other apps that should be pulled.
I am going to step out and state something that is very unpopular. Pornography is wrong. I don't care who are you are what your political, religious, or personal stance is about it. In the past 10 years I have seen, in counseling type environments, hundreds of families ruined over pornography. Pornography has caused more harm to our society and to our youth than any other single thing in history. Pornography is anything but harmless. History will revel the impact of this filth. You can be angry, curse me, or call me old fashioned. But I know that this is true. And lets be clear, pornography is any image, text, or video that entices a sexual response. I have seen the effects of the "soft-porn" (bikini's, nudity, provocative images, etc...) in hundreds of men and women's lives, non of the effects have been positive. And "Hard-core" pornography, is exponentially worse.
I take my hat off to Apple for standing up and making a firm stance. I wish more companies, organizations, and groups would make the same stance. Apple will continue to receive my business as long as they continue to stand strong to winds of social pressure.
I commend them for pulling the app. I think they should err on the safe side rather than allow the boundaries to be pushed. I think there are several other apps that should be pulled.
johnmcboston
macrumors 6502
I don't care what your views are. I do get concerned when you try to force your ways onto other people (like me...). Anything can destroy lives when it is abused.
theres this magical app on the iphone with porn on it
its called safari
its my favorite app since im a teenager
its called safari
its my favorite app since im a teenager
johnmcboston
macrumors 6502
This is also good publicity for Apple {the discussion} keeps the Iphone continually in the news.
I am sure if the Iphone stays in the position of leader or close to,then the adult industry will find a way around it,or create there own competitor of some description....those dudes just have to much cash nowadays.
I am sure if the Iphone stays in the position of leader or close to,then the adult industry will find a way around it,or create there own competitor of some description....those dudes just have to much cash nowadays.