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Apple Will Not Distribute 'Porn' and Other Inappropriate Content

If you really want to watch porn on your mobile device, why not just pop open safari on your iPhone and visit your favorite site (while on the subway...?).
Here's an even better idea: Wait till you get home and view it on a 30" cinematic display when you can actually make a happy ending.

Get real people, as much as I agree that North America is pretty damn prudish, there is a time and place for nudity and porn (however you wish to define it).
 
Virgil-TB2 said:
If this is true it's really big news. Despite what everyone thinks and what most of the tech blogs have been saying, Apple has never explicitly said what it would do in this regard. This is the first announcement to that effect.

It could also have a huge backlash since the USA is one of the most backward, prudish countries in terms of what is considered "appropriate" content. For Apple to universally disallow programs and imagery to adults, which is actually considered okay for children in the rest of the world is nothing short of outrageous.

It's also incredibly hypocritical. The USA decides for he rest of the world what is okay and what is not okay?

I don't believe this is actually true or "the whole story" in that (without exaggeration) this could literally sink the iPhone as a desirable product if the regional stores and the countries in which the product is on sale don't have any control over the content.
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Yeah we get it, you hate the USA. :rolleyes: No matter what is done here nothing will satisfy you.

Your argument however is silly.
 
Virgil-TB2 said:
If this is true it's really big news. Despite what everyone thinks and what most of the tech blogs have been saying, Apple has never explicitly said what it would do in this regard. This is the first announcement to that effect.

It could also have a huge backlash since the USA is one of the most backward, prudish countries in terms of what is considered "appropriate" content. For Apple to universally disallow programs and imagery to adults, which is actually considered okay for children in the rest of the world is nothing short of outrageous.

It's also incredibly hypocritical. The USA decides for he rest of the world what is okay and what is not okay?

I don't believe this is actually true or "the whole story" in that (without exaggeration) this could literally sink the iPhone as a desirable product if the regional stores and the countries in which the product is on sale don't have any control over the content.
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Gee, if you are that addicted to porn, just carry a few special pics around in your wallet to tide you over till you get home

Woof, Woof - Dawg
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Virgil-TB2 said:
If this is true it's really big news. Despite what everyone thinks and what most of the tech blogs have been saying, Apple has never explicitly said what it would do in this regard. This is the first announcement to that effect.

It could also have a huge backlash since the USA is one of the most backward, prudish countries in terms of what is considered "appropriate" content. For Apple to universally disallow programs and imagery to adults, which is actually considered okay for children in the rest of the world is nothing short of outrageous.

It's also incredibly hypocritical. The USA decides for he rest of the world what is okay and what is not okay?

I don't believe this is actually true or "the whole story" in that (without exaggeration) this could literally sink the iPhone as a desirable product if the regional stores and the countries in which the product is on sale don't have any control over the content.
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When they released the first beta of the iPhone SDK, they specifically said "no porn or illegal content."
 
aristotle said:
Porn is like a drug. It's a trap.
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So is faux piety.

The reason that there is a rating system that includes categories for nudity is because massive Hollywood conglomerates can still sell simulated sex in the form of movies and episodes. It's only those who attempt to be honest about what they're providing that can't do it. What else would you expect from a society that is so confused and conflicted about adult themes. For all those "Won't somebody please think of the children?!" types feel free to lock down all your devices to the level of your anxiety like any responsible person should have already done. One complaint that at least made sense was that the top lists might become overridden by adult applications, but that's just another example of how hypocritical we are. We acknowledge that these applications would be supremely popular but deride them as fringe interests. Not to mention that the whole issue is easily resolved by making a new category that only rates adult options. Sorry, but this whole mess is just another unfortunate move by Apple to pre-appease the very vocal hypocrites among us. All the truly anti-sex folks probably died out long ago by refusing to procreate. Nearly everyone who's alive today has presumably descended from a gene pool that views sex rather favorably, despite what they may say in public.
 
I Pity the Fool...

That's such a loser that they just gotta have their personal flavor of smut at arms length on a moments notice to view on their phone. However, I can see how the dregs of society must have something to keep his hand busy when stuck in traffic
 
apple is just playing with fire with this topic.

I really dont care if it has age restrictions or parental controls.

We have parental controls on TVs but that doesn't mean we can have all this XXX stuff on normal cable.

There is no reason for apple to start allowing this kind of stuff.
 
uh huh

Hattig said:
What's the point of adult age limits then?

Way to go Apple, dictate your own morality on the rest of the world, because you operate the only application store for your devices.
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You do understand that everything sold in the App store is being sold by Apple, right? There are a lot of reasons why a company might not want to sell porn. Believe it or not, even in a progressive and liberal minded company like Apple, it's entirely possible that the CEO and members of the board might be morally opposed to selling pornography. Shareholders don't always like it, either. They don't have to sell things they don't want to sell.

Getting into the porn business adds a permanent sleaze factor that is impossible to shake. Apple doesn't want to be Comcast.
 
If you're that addicted to porn that you need to see it whilst on the move, seek help. It's Apple's store, if they don't want porn then there will be no porn. It's not a violation of your rights.
 
applecultvictim said:
Good choice apple. :):apple:

I have to admit, and I am not at all ashamed, that I have watched a lot of porn in my lifetime to know both the pleasures and perils of it.

And I very much like that some places will be kept COMPLETELY free of it, since it's all over the place in every other place you look at, from emails to websites, to pretty much everywhere. As well as the quasi porn stuff that gets passed off as teenager music and mens mags these days.

Thanks for keeping things clean apple.
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Yeah, because (by the definition of "porn" that includes this app - ie topless women) I can't go to the iTunes video store and see anyth...OH MY GOD!!!

It's this that makes Apple such stinking hypocrites.

But luckily, we don't need to worry about it, because it's clear from the app submission process that the Apple PR in question is patently making **** up as they go along.

Phazer
 
thescort said:
If you really want to watch porn on your mobile device, why not just pop open safari on your iPhone and visit your favorite site (while on the subway...?).
Here's an even better idea: Wait till you get home and view it on a 30" cinematic display when you can actually make a happy ending.
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Some people can "happy end" in their cars too, so I've heard, hence the added mobility factor coming handy.:cool:

I wouldn't want to be a copper handing them a ticket though!:D
 
Prof. said:
Are we talkin' penises and vaginas or just bewbz?
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Boobs man. Simple boobs. Barely porn.

I have to say, I bought the app (yep, I'm a dude and I like some porn) and I'm not exactly sure what the big deal is. It was just boobs. They did kind of sneak the topless pics in, so who knows whether apple knew about the bare boobs before or after, but I'm betting they thought it was maxim Style and not playboy style
 
This is a fascinating discussion. Glad it was posted. "Porn as a trap" is intself an interesting point, as is the fact that so many agree with it. I think it, like almost anything else, can be addictive.

However, I'm not certain we need societal controls to keep us from triggering the trap. Do we?

I really thought the rating system and parental controls and the like would keep the iPhone safe for those who need safety.

Oh and by the way: porn actors generally (but not always) need to be nude. But nudity is in itself not porn.

Guess we need some iBurkas.
 
Oh, please.

daxomni said:
Sorry, but this whole mess is just another unfortunate move by Apple to pre-appease the very vocal hypocrites among us. All the truly anti-sex folks probably died out long ago by refusing to procreate. Nearly everyone who's alive today has presumably descended from a gene pool that views sex rather favorably, despite what they may say in public.
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Why don't you go start your own company that fights hypocrisy and brings porn out into the light, teaching the world about its glorious wonders?

Come on now, fight those anti-sex forces!
 
Couldn't apple just default the rating system to block certain content then force user to set a password or something specifically agreeing to get this type of content? Much like Sirius has playboy channel or something like that. You can call sirius and get it, but they don't advertise it.

This way it doesn't even appear in app store unless you activated it. Just a thougt, I am not sure why you need to download naked pictures through an app, but whatever.

EDIT: I think apples reasoning behind this is to protect people do not wish to see this stuff. Me I don't care either way, but I think my idea above would solve this concern.
 
the point

wolfshades said:
However, I'm not certain we need societal controls to keep us from triggering the trap. Do we?

I really thought the rating system and parental controls and the like would keep the iPhone safe for those who need safety.

Oh and by the way: porn actors generally (but not always) need to be nude. But nudity is in itself not porn.

Guess we need some iBurkas.
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Apple has done nothing to limit anyone's access to pornography. They are simply exercising their freedom to sell the products they wish to sell.

Nobody is forcing you to sell porn, are they? No one is criticizing you for making the choice not to be in the porn business, are they? So why criticize Apple?
 
guzhogi said:
Agreed. What about apps for/about nudists/naturalists? Plus, in some places, it is legal for women to go topless.
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We actually have a law (or a ruling from a court, I forget which) that specifically allows women to go topless here in Ontario Canada. It came about as a result of a court challenge where some woman was complaining that it was OK for men to walk around topless.

Of course, us men have no problem with equal rights on this front. *cough* But, despite our constant encouragement, the ladies just don't seem to want to take advantage of this new freedom of theirs.

Damn it.
 
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