Apple bans sexy apps from the App Store but leaves sexy videos in iTunes
Apple declared war on iPhone apps with sexy content, banning many from the App Store. Is it fair to suddenly block apps that were previously approved?
A number of untold developers have reported that their apps have been removed from the app store for being “overtly sexual.” We’re not even talking about hardcore pornography, which was already banned. Almost any listing that dealt with babes in bikinis or sex tips/illustrations was purged. No one was safe…except for the official Playboy Magazine app.
Apple hasn’t officially explained their sudden dose of puritanism, but the move is likely part of an effort to make the App Store cleaner and more family-friendly. It’s also move that is truly unfair and completely devoid of logic.
I understand the need to make the App Store a sanitary environment, but it’s hard to defend that action when it comes months after companies have dedicated money and time building their apps. Seeing their work cast aside without warning or being grandfathered in to the new rules just doesn’t seem right.
It’s even harder to defend Apple’s actions when considering that I can get all the adult content my heart desires in iTunes. Is Apple going to comb through the thousands of R-rated movies in iTunes that include nudity? What about the episodes of Mad Men that are 80 percent likely to have a sex scene? It’s foolish to ban apps for being titillating when the next aisle of their marquee store has content that is just as overtly sexual.
Apple has a long history of inconsistent and questionable decisions regarding its app policy. The latest round is arguably one of the worst and should be reversed.
Do you think Apple made the right move by banning sexy apps?
I think it’s a good idea to remove sexy iphone apps, because it’s a lot more easier for a youngster to stumble upon something while playing with their parents phone, than by snooping through their computer and making purchaces for adult movies.
It’s moch more convenient for minors to download a sexy app which they can bring to school and showcase to their peers, but downloading naughty movies onto the family computer runs a higher risk of getting caught, and costs more money.
It’s about time some companies started showing some morals.
“because it’s a lot more easier” You should learn some grammer you prude. Sexy apps are harmless. None of them have nudity. apple wouldnt allow it. Prude!
Hear, hear Jen, very happy to see Apple taking the high road. Adult material is too prevalent as it is. I am told that there are free sites that anyone of any age can enter into. A letter of thanks to Apple is in the works. I married my sexy app, no need for any other. :) lol
LMFAOROTF. “I am told that there are free sites” What a crock!! You know there are free sites deviant!
I am very glad to hear this considering I just busted my ten year old son today for downloading a bunch of these apps.
Give me a break. What a joke. Banning apps that show a girl in a bakini or an animation of a sexual position is ridiculous. Children can see much worse on television, on the internet, and even at the public library. Porn is free on the internet and if you think your kids don’t know that then you are naive. If your ten year old son is downloading a bunch of these apps, then maybe you should be a better parent and limit his access to this content. The solution is not to ban it from everywhere, since it is always going to be around. Instead, it is time parents take responsibility for what their children are doing. It is not Apple’s nor is it the companies’ that make these Apps fault, it is your fault for not properly supervising your kids.
Parents need to take some responsibility and stop expecting the rest of society to babysit their children.
WTG Matt I couldnt have said it better myself.. these Bleeding heart, Naive,so called Parents who want the rest of the world to comply and babysit thier kids from the porn thats out there…
.GET REAL… WHAT WERE THEY DOING WHEN THEY WERE TEENS?(WRITTING SMUT ON BATHROOM WALLS I SHOULDNT WONDER)
Well i got news for them, Its healthy for kids to explore magazines, porn sites and thier own sexuality…The more we as adults try to resist and impose banning thier access, the more they will go out and find it behind your backs..
Parents, Welcome to the real world and stop living in the 19th century lol
Please stay in school and use a condom.
Most of the sexual material I ever saw was stuff you had to pay for and as a result out of the reach of younger people. As I result I have to say this is only another example of how apple controls their platform too much to be of much good. I don’t download porn, but the platform seems like it is getting too restrictive. Strange for a company whose most famous videa is a pardoy of sorts on George Orwell’s 1984 is becoming big brother deciding what you can have on your machine and when you can have it. Sorry Mac guys, but this is a guy who was interested in switching to mac, but not really anymore. Kick up and tell Apple you want freer access and real bluetooth access to your devices.
This is typical American ridiculousness. Jen and Phil, you need to get over your overblown morals, and let people be. Not letting your children watch x rated movies and violent scenes is responsible. “Protecting” them from a bikini clad woman is foolish and a waste of your time and effort. The video games and cartoons they watch are far worse for them than seeing a nipple!!! Everyone has them…..
What is a ten year old doing with an iphone.
Ever been to a beach in Spain or France?? Hundreds of topless women (if not also “bottomless”) laying in the sun while kids of all ages build sand castles. Would Apple also like to ban sunbathing?!
The priority for parenting should be on the parents and not Apple. A 10 year-old downloading b00by-apps on an iPhone or iPod is just the way it is, and should be monitored/controlled/barred by the parents. I’m in my 30s and have, admittedly, downloaded a few of these apps for my own viewing pleasure.
Maybe Apple simply needs to create a new category in the iStore and update the firmware on iPhones and iPods to allow parents to be the parents by setting “Parental Controls” on the devices.