Apple: iPhone app store is a porn-free zone
Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:27PM EDT
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Want to gaze at topless babes on your iPhone? Well, you'll have to look somewhere other than the App Store—or at least, that's Apple's policy.
"Apple will not distribute applications that contain inappropriate content, such as pornography," Apple's Tom Neumayr said, according to CNN.
"Hottest Girls" was already an approved iPhone app prior to yesterday's flap, but it only served up relatively tame pin-ups before Thursday.
The "17+"-rated app mysteriously disappeared later in the day, but the developer initially denied that Apple had pulled it, explaining that it was merely "sold out."
Well, not quite, said Apple's spokesman (via CNN), who dinged the "Hottest Girls" developer for adding "inappropriate content directly from their server after the application had been approved and distributed ... this was a direct violation of the terms of the iPhone Developer Program."
Of course, there are still plenty of risqué iPhone apps in the App Store if you know where to look, so I'm betting that Apple's no-porn policy will be something of a cat-and-mouse game.
In any case, check out this post for instructions on how to enable parental controls on the iPhone.
Meanwhile, what do you think: Should adult content be allowed in the App Store? Or should Apple keep it clean?
Related:
Apple rejects soft-core porn iPhone app [CNN SciTechBlog]
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7 Posted by wyseboy@rocketmail.com on Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:53PM EDT Report Abuse
OH SHUT UP APPLE RULES OVER STUPID MICROSOFT! THEY CAN'T EVEN MAKE A MP3 PLAYER THATS GOOD!
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8 Posted by bella77427 on Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:04AM EDT Report Abuse
Thank you very much.
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9 Posted by hobo_59 on Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:21PM EDT Report Abuse
HA HA i think there more importent things
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10 Posted by alexgannis on Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:38AM EDT Report Abuse
Apple sucks, Window PC Rocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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11 Posted by mjade1295 on Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:04PM EDT Report Abuse
nice dress
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12 Posted by jaimanitas59 on Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:57PM EDT Report Abuse
YES IF YOU HAVE PARENTAL CONTROLS APPS IN YOU BROUSER.PORN SHOUL NOT BE RESTRICTED FOR ADULT`S
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13 Posted by davidboucicault on Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:45PM EDT Report Abuse
For iphone porn there are sites like http://www.pornphone.com so you do not need the app store.
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14 Posted by fanbaseforumscom on Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:17PM EDT Report Abuse
LOL tell me something I dont know. Teens are in the most part idiots. "Banner ads are pointless and annoying" No numbnuts they pay for the site you're using.
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15 Posted by lex_marc on Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:31PM EDT Report Abuse
Did anyone catch the CNBC special last night on porn? Pretty cool stuff. Also, there were additional features online about mobile porn, specifically a site called ipinkvisual.com
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16 Posted by flroom2115 on Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:40AM EDT Report Abuse
Please Advise I have a iphone 3g, and after I delete my email, I assume it is gone, but it is not. When you hit the home key twice it takes you to the seach screen, if you type a letter, say 'A' in the search field and then scroll down you we see all the email you have deleted. How do you get rid of this deleted email permanently? Thank you Flash2115
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6 Posted by jewelryczar on Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:43PM EDT Report Abuse
It's fine that Apple won't sell porn in the iTunes Movie Store - it's a market and prouct selection choice, and those who want porn can get it somewhere else. But since the App Store is the ONLY legal place to get iPhone/iPod Touch apps, I don't like Apple's limitation and "approval" of apps. It's too close to censorship. Apple can't say "go somewhere else to buy content that we don't agree with" when they are the only source out there. Once other phone's app stores start allowing more content, I bet Apple will too.