Apple Will Not Distribute 'Porn' and Other Inappropriate Content

[synth3tik]

Wow. There is some really stupid people out their.

So far just what I can remember

Apple hates America
Apple hates freedoms
The Taliban works in the approval department
and someone thinks gay pride and porn are the same thing.

No wonder so many of you are pissed at Apple about this, so many of you are making no sense.

 

[WestonHarvey1]

You don't get it at all

Censorship, no matter the reason, is anti-freedom of information. Hopefully that explains things for you.

And I clearly said it's their store and they have every right to censor.

If you put a bumper sticker with a political viewpoint on your car, and don't also put a sticker with an opposing view on it, is that censorship? Is that anti-freedom of information?

 

[fat phil]

Apple's an American company with American prudishness. Conker's Bad Fur Day and GTA were made in the UK for good reason...

15-20 years ago the UK wasn't too different. We used to laugh at all the rude european commercials on Tarrant TV, but today we're even worse than some of those. Watershed? What's that?

My wife's American and she finds UK TV a constant source of amusement. Even House is censored outside "wee hours" in the States...

Oh, do we want porn on the App Store? Question is, does anyone need it? Use Safari...porn made the web what it is today after all....

 

[Guru74]

I'm just amazed how so many (US) Americans are afraid of nudity and the human body.

I think that was a good move by apple, keepin the app store clean

Clean with dozens of fart apps. Great.

Porn is like a drug. It's a trap.

If it's demonized and everybody is missinformed, it can be. If you're able do distinguish (nudity≠porn, drugs≠drugs), it's a whole other story.

Fist Jackson

THAT would be porn...

 

[diamond.g]

The main point here should be:

The app in question was not featuring porn, it was just pictures of top-less women. Is that really something to be shocked? Breasts?!

(sorry for mentioning again but people are talking like the app was iBestiality which it clearly wasn't)

However, I think this has got nothing to do with being "prude". I think that this has to do with Apple being afraid of losing their "brand" image.

One of Apple's main pillars of success is the name and culture associated with their brand and they are reluctant on the possibility that pornographic material could taint it.

I seriously don't agree with their decision but this is Apple we're talking about, what were you expecting? They basically like to control everything that carries their logo.

I then have to question, why block the applications yet not block the movies and tv shows that also show nudity?

 

[wolfshades]

I then have to question, why block the applications yet not block the movies and tv shows that also show nudity?

You can only watch a movie. An app might allow you to interact with all of those virtual boobies and punanis. Can't have that.

Just a guess though.

 

[chr1s60]

I can completely understand Apple not distributing hardcore pornography. However, in the situation that this all came from I do not think topless pictures is really that big of a deal, especially when you can buy an R rated movie in iTunes that contains sex scenes and nudity. Not to mention the fact that the phone still has Safari and that can be directed towards almost any porn site on the internet.

In the way the media has been looking at this it means your kid can't buy an inappropriate application with nudity, but they can feel free to download as many movies as they want that contain nudity, sex, and drug use. Hmmm.

 

[bigjohn]

inappropriate is so subjective

Pornography is subjective... especially when you contend that the community is the Bay Area and that's one of the most liberal areas of the country.

What is objective however is that Apple won't give me a refund for this app.
$1.99 down the tubes and not one "Hottest Girl". I should write an app that promises something and doesn't deliver.

 

[knewsom]

Another hypocritical move by Apple

interesting how the "sexiest phone on the market" has no t¡ts.

I'm appalled that you can buy "DOOM" on the iphone, and many other violent and bloody games that glorify KILLING people, but a nice set of bare funbags has everyone's pantyhose in a knot. Freakin' rediculous.

 

[WestonHarvey1]

$$$

I should write an app that promises something and doesn't deliver.

I hear it is a lucrative business

 

[guzhogi]

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.

Doesn't the Naked News (nakednews.com) film in Ontario?

 

[wolfshades]

Doesn't the Naked News (nakednews.com) film in Ontario?

It was filmed here at one time. Don't know where they do it now.

 

[NinjaHERO]

If you put a bumper sticker with a political viewpoint on your car, and don't also put a sticker with an opposing view on it, is that censorship? Is that anti-freedom of information?

Wow. Really? Do you not know what censorship means?

Forcing someone to put a bumper sticker on a car is nothing like forbidding them from putting on a sticker.

You appear to be trying to use my posts out of context so you can prove a point. Please read my posts before you quote them.

 

[JrMac]

But violence is OK...

I'm sure Apple rejected this app in order to maintain its corporate image.
The funny thing is that violence isn't as frowned upon. This isn't just an Apple thing, but an American viewpoint. I think it's interesting that sexuality is treated as it is in America. The Puritan roots are showing.

 

[djdarlek]

Why not?

this could easily be solved. Why doesn't Apple make it so that the adult filter is on by default and has to be turned off in the settings for those who wish to view porn.

I think they are just feeling under pressure about the subject. They have many times in the past contradicted themselves.

'We are never going to Intel' etc..

 

[WestonHarvey1]

I know what it means

Forcing someone to put a bumper sticker on a car is nothing like forbidding them from putting on a sticker.

You own and control your car. If you started a business where you promised to drive around with a paid message on your car, you'd be allowed to refuse service if you didn't like a message someone wanted to pay you to put on your car.

 

[skellener]

Pretty silly if you ask me. There are restrictions in place in iTunes, on the iPod and iPhone and explicit tags on content. Let's face it - all of that stuff is there simply because of users under the age of 18. So if there are ratings and parental controls already in place...why ban apps at all? The tools are there to "keep the children safe".

Easiest solution - anything goes on the app store, but you must be 18 years old to purchase an iPhone or iPod touch.


/sarcasm

 

[Stella]

Apple doesn't restrict such content on iTunes, why would it restrict such content on iPhone.

Double standards.

Apple - the user can decide for themselves, they don't require nannying.

 

[i.mac]

What's the point of adult age limits then?

certainly not porn.

Porn in the app store is accessible to children. If you do not have children, get one and you'll see why this is inappropriate. If you have children, you can create an app yourself and show it to whomever...

Way to go Apple, dictate your own morality on the rest of the world, because you operate the only application store for your devices.

You are very much free to do what you want. It seems that you may want to impose your version of morality on the app store.

 

[tenguy]

Yea Apple!

It is nice to see a corporation take the high road. The folks who want porn can find plenty of places to go besides the App Store. When WalMart refused to carry CD's with lewd lyrics, they were also castigated for "censorship". Our culture already has way too much pollution as it is & to preserve some places for just clean stuff is laudable.

 

[jaw04005]

Even House is censored outside "wee hours" in the States...

WHAT?!? I've never noticed. TBS edits House episodes to fit their time slots, but when it airs first-run on Fox it's the full episode.

 

[HyperZboy]

BAH it is happening already!

People are so confused about what lust actually is that they think when they are turned on by there wife or something that they are lusting after them!

Lust is not just a sexual desire. Lust is wanting what is not rightfully yours.

If you are married and you are attracted to your wife, it isn't lust!

Lust is a desire that is never satisfied.

It is bizzare to me how much a sexual appetite is no longer something that is special or sacred, but something that is selfish and a "need" that must be fulfilled like we are dogs or something.

Yes the world would still procreate, but it would be out of a intimacy brought on by love and sexual desire. Not a Lust for every woman who walks by with a hot face and nice body.

I realize this is very idealistic and does come from the unheard of concept as sexuality being sacred, so spare me the "religious" comments.

Lust is what makes a man leave his wife. Wanting something he doesn't have.

Lust is what creates porn. A desire for sexuality without conesequence.

I am glad none the less that Apple realizes that they take a cut of the App profit and isn't in the business of selling sexuality.

Unless you are talking about their sexy products... lol

Wow, thank you for, ummm, that interesting rant.

And thank you ghost of Pope John Paul II for giving us an edict on "Lust."

If you think happily married couples don't watch porn, climb back in your coffin & leave us again Great Pontiff!​

Pardon the interruption, you will now be returned to your regularly scheduled Apple Fanboy program.........

 

[Scarpad]

Once Again Sex is Bad yet Games with Wanton Violence are OK, I'm so Proud of America.

 

[codybriana]

BAH it is happening already!

People are so confused about what lust actually is that they think when they are turned on by there wife or something that they are lusting after them!

Lust is not just a sexual desire. Lust is wanting what is not rightfully yours.

If you are married and you are attracted to your wife, it isn't lust!

Lust is a desire that is never satisfied.

It is bizzare to me how much a sexual appetite is no longer something that is special or sacred, but something that is selfish and a "need" that must be fulfilled like we are dogs or something.

Yes the world would still procreate, but it would be out of a intimacy brought on by love and sexual desire. Not a Lust for every woman who walks by with a hot face and nice body.

I realize this is very idealistic and does come from the unheard of concept as sexuality being sacred, so spare me the "religious" comments.

Lust is what makes a man leave his wife. Wanting something he doesn't have.

Lust is what creates porn. A desire for sexuality without conesequence.

I am glad none the less that Apple realizes that they take a cut of the App profit and isn't in the business of selling sexuality.

Unless you are talking about their sexy products... lol

Why should we spare you the religious comments when your comment is based on RELIGION!!!! For you information LUST is Sexual desire. Everyone has it, everyone needs it, it's what makes the human race survive! Let me try and get this through your head, porn is not bad. But the entire point of this thread has gotten off course. The app that was release was not porn! It was bare-chested women! I've seen worse on tv and movies with children in it! Now get off your pulpit and sit down!

 

[Smith288]

Steve can do whatever he wants with his company, but whether you agree or disagree with his position, you have to understand that this is censorship.

Damn it to hell anyhow....

Censorship is the practice of a govt entity shutting down free speech/religion.

I wish people understood what freedom really was. Apple has the freedom to do this. You have the freedom to find other sources to fulfill your rather sad hobby of watching other people having a good time.