I must say, the rejection/removable email sounds sweet. It makes you not even feel bad lol.

The most fun Jason’s ever had in the name of journalism…

I’m gonna piss Apple off just by submitting “Jailbroken Android Porn” to the app store.

:-)

Personally, I think the best part of the article was… ‘I’ve tried to download apps called “Exotic Positions” and “Sexy Women”,’.

Tell me more.

Honestly though, I’m not surprised, they want to stop the Hard Porn aps before the iPad arrives, because I’m sure they have seen the impact the Porn Industry can have on the iPad. Afterall, weren’t there a bunch of comments a while ago, when it was said how ‘Perfect’ it’d be for Porn? Yeah.
Apple doesn’t want that in their CV. And they’ll do anything to stop that.

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With any luck those nagging health issues will take Mr. Jobs to the hereafter and this type of thing will go away.

The stupid thing is that there is no actual content in this app.

This is a VERY big deal, I think the Store will be half empty tomorrow! It will take a while to remove them all, but if Apple is serious, their 150,000 apps will be half gone soon – there must be 500 different variations on the “Asian Boobs” “Asian Legs” “Asian Hotties” theme!

We have (had) an app called “Shake the Booty” that was actually fairly tame especially in comparison to most of the other apps that got pulled and we just received the same email.

Yeah, I just received the same email for my Featured Pinups application.

The sad part is that this application didn’t really had anything obscene, it was just a simple application to showcase the featured pictures of the day of PinupLifestyle.com who hired me to build the application.

Meh.

mmm maybe it’s because apple doesn’t want to have tacky sexist apps. there is a difference between the average porn app and “wobble iboobs” where you get jiggle points.

I was wondering when they were gonna get “holy.” There are several educational titles that students download during school hours. I figured many of their complaints came from educational organizations.

Did you just wish death on Steve Jobs because boobs were just taken out of the app store? That’s rough bud.

Did someone just open the topic about Skeety skeet ?

From the quoted email, it sounds like Apple is responding to customer complaints. Why can’t Apple just tell them, “If you don’t want to see that kind of stuff, DON’T BUY THESE APPS!” Its not like they arn’t properly labeled or anything, and Apple even took the step to restrict sales to minors.

Heres an idea: Apple could take these applications out of the catalogue that you can browse through iTunes, and only let people access them through their direct URL. That way Apple would have no part in the promotion of the content, and it would be quite hard to find/innocently stumble upon (unless you are looking for it specifically, by going to the producer’s own website).

…or they could just do away with the wall around the garden but that is so un-Apple.

Dude, you want a guy to die because you do not like his views ? How much more sick could you be ?

And this is a bad thing?

Definately crossing a line. Nobody needs to die just so you can get your porn.
Maybe Playboy just needs to send Stevo a bus load of women so he can see what he’s missing. Then take them away and tell him he can only get them on his iPhone.

Very Strange. The Porn industry helped fuel VHS sales. iporn on the ipad would probably do the same. I can understand why Apple doesn’t want this type stuff on their devices but sales are sales. I wonder how much revenue they just killed?

They even yanked the infamous Suicide Girls app … meh.

oh stop the hand wringing. i’ll wager this is not a “very big deal” for 99.9% of customers.

It’s not a big deal to me and I love boobs.

and necks, and thighs, and curves, and bellies, and…

this is good news :)

Our Application Featured Pinups was just pulled with the same email:

http://www.pinuplifestyle.com/page/featured-pinups-iphone-app

Seriously? We have a super strict no nudity rule with manual filtering of content that goes live.

wtf?

It’s about freaking time.

Does this mean that any overtly sexual songs will be removed from itunes…

thank you. app store was getting nasty.
let’s keep the walled garden neat and tidy.

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It isn’t a big deal that they removed this particular content. It is a big deal that they are removing an entire category of content. Whats next, Safari will block any website that Apple deems sexual? I can’t receive any SMS or email on my iPhone if Apple has scanned it and deemed it sexual?

In my opinion Apple has switched sides in their famous 1984 commercial a long time ago. They keep doing crap like this because people keep buying their products. Until customers react they have no reason to stop.

DISCLAIMER: I own one and ONLY ONE Apple product and that is an iPhone and I have only paid for ONE app from the App Store.

booooooo

The puritanical bullshit strikes again!! Oh my, how hypocritical can this get?

I am a fan-boy … but maybe no more. This is disgusting.

On the flip side of this story, its nice to see Apple now offers the film “Moby Dick” on iTunes now. Until just recently they had been censoring the title due to objectionable content.

Just the other day I ‘reported a concern’ from iTunes regarding an app for sex jokes. I have no issues with the content, but if the app is marked as 17 +, is should not have, in its screenshots, explicit content such as the f word or suggestive references about 9-year olds.
I noticed THAT app is still there though, with no changes to the description. Here’s the link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sex-jokes/id328880926?mt=8

This is good news… the app store shouldn’t include this crap.

Developers who make these apps are for making some quick money and don’t care about the effects of their actions.

the iphone is nothing more than a kids toy, and only kids use it. therefore this banning this kind of stuff makes perfect sense.

I’m going to flush my iPhone down the toilet. Apple is a very evil corporation and deserves to FAIL against the facing competition. Who the hell do they think they are? Ordering my Nexus One and already feel a fresh air of non-tyranny.

What’s funny is that you can buy Natural Born Killers and all the American Pie movies on iTunes. However, women in lingerie is somehow not okay. Plus, it seems like Apple’s big brand bitch Playboy is still available with implied nudity. What gives? Bizarre.

Wishing death upon someone is just plain sick.

I hope you … live long enough to become a better human being.

I think if this is true Cydia’s library is about to get much bigger.

I wouldn’t put stuff like this on my phone – I let my kids play with it… but I want to be making the choice, not Apple or the government.

I’m stunned to see that so many TechCrunch readers seem to support this sort of censorship.For Apple to pull an entire genre of apps because they may (or may not) be sexual in nature? That’s just wrong. I agree with “anonymous” who points out that if the App Store pulls all sexual content, then it’s hypocritical for iTMS to retain its current library of music.

It’s simple, folks: If you don’t like the app, don’t buy it.

The worse part is Wobble iBoobs is not even close to being porn, just a fun clever app. There are many useless apps with just pictures of women but iBoobs actually did something it wasn’t a quick bucks app.

Well, I agree tha it is a good idea to get the hard porn out of the app store. However, it still does bother me that Apple has complete control over what can be put on their platforms. And I’m amazed that people continue to pump all of this effort into a platform, that Apple can just refuse to let you sell on by a whim.

“shouldn’t” and who are you to judge Ryan? Maybe tell us what else we can’t do mate, I’m interested…

Hey everyone, we now have to live by Ryans standards.

There are almost a million people who own the Wobble app, who now cannot get an update if Apple releases a new O/S that breaks the app they OWN. This happened with the update to 3.0. We released a patch, now we wont be able to do that.

If Apple approved it already and people bought it, why are they changing their standards?

BTW – Wobble actually has no content – it ships without any, users use their own pics.

Apple controlling so much is a bad thing. I agree it’s almost as if they’ve switched sides on that 1984 commercial.

With so much of competition going about, this is not a wise thing.

I was just wondering about why so many soft porn apps under the entertainment category… http://bit.ly/d8WeVI

I was LMAO when I one of the reviewer gave low mark to Beautiful Boobs because he jammed his iPhone while jacking off to the pictures…

On the other hand the paid app: http://bit.ly/9yL5oH Playboy app and Cosmopolitan’s Sex Position of the Day are still in there.

I doubt Apple wants to promote porn on they’re App Store.

what’s disgusting is mucking up an already clogged system with low brow garbage.
you are going on notice fabiansh!tbomb perv merchant.

Haha… These age rules are a bit outdated. By the 17 most kids know, seen porn. I think this issue is improperly addressed, instead of talking to the kids, parents try to shield them from that stuff without realizing that they already failed to do that…
So if you are a parent and you try to save your kids from filth – give them a bottle of purell.
And here message for apple: You make it hard for me to want to buy into your product..Unfortunately…

Hypocritical? how so?

seeing as the i pad wont be a place for sexual content, where does that leave magazines like Playboy, Maxim and others. alternative tablets will probably become the home for edgier and sexier content that many adults enjoy. may not be a loss for apple could be a gain for others

Agreed. I guess some people need pixelboobs more than we think.

I don’t care what Apple decides their terms and restrictions are going to be, they just need to figure it out and stick to it. Developers spending time and money on Apps just to have Apple change their minds and deem the App rejected is really sh*tty.

Who cares? I like boobs and don’t need them front-and-center every time I look at the app store. It’s not like they’re stopping you from seeing ‘em. They just don’t want it in their shop.

Apple has been doing this stuff regularly, and then again allowing those apps after a few weeks!

Add fart apps to the ban and it’ll be down to what? 15,000 apps instead of 150,000?

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Those apps were a total tease anyway ;)

Somehow, I think admitting “I own one and ONLY ONE Apple product and that is an iPhone and I have only paid for ONE app from the App Store.” makes me say “Then no one gives a crap about your opinion anyway, because you don’t spend any money.”

Oh the humanity

Isn’t it so great, what Apple is doing for developers with App Store? You can work on an App, after paying thousands for the developer kit and maybe get exposure to millions, maybe get your app revoked.

I’m so glad Google’s moving to an App Store model, too. I want a device manufacturer to tell me what content I can have on my device. They’d never abuse that power, certainly!

Seems the easy solution is to add an adult section to the store. Then the folks who don’t want to see the boobs don’t have to and those who do can. But we’re not talking about porn apps. I’ve never seen an app in the app store that was any worse than Maxim magazine. Poor quality maybe, but hardly porn.

“However, it still does bother me that Apple has complete control over what can be put on THEIR [emphasis mine] platforms.”

hahahahaaha …. funniest comment all day.

bing puts them all to shame

who needs the app store when the default youtube iphone app has a large collection of sexually implicit videos?

Why is that so strange? Apple makes plenty of money from their products, why do they need to promote porn in their own store just to make millions more?

Should they sell Penthouse or Hustler in the Apple Stores now?

If they started restricting what websites Safari can browse then that’ll be a big deal. Keeping porn out of their App Store is akin to keeping skin mags out of their brick and mortars.

Apple doesn’t want to be linked in any way to the sex industry. You’ve heard of what a sex crime on your record can do to someone’s life, and I think it is smart of them to at least appear to distance themselves from something unseemly like boobies in the app store when there is going to be some pretty sick shit slipping through the cracks (if you know what I mean).

Yeah, I’d rather see people making money of selling useless image viewers with naked women on Windows Mobile devices where smut and garbage belongs.

It might be THEIR platform, but it’s MY phone; I should be able to put whatever the hell I want on it. If they don’t want this kind of stuff in the app store then they have to make an alternative medium for distributing apps available.

THIS IS AWESOME THE WEB AN EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BANNED PORN AN NAKED PICTURES DESTROYING THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE.

GET RID OF ALL THAT GARBAGE !!! APPLE IS AWESOME ! :D

betamax VHS battle anyone?

Windows Phone 7, Android… hmmm

I like pinups as much as the next guy but these types of image viewer apps where/are getting out of hand.

People where throwing hundreds of these applications up there a day that simple had a selection of images, these apps absolutely nothing of substance to the App Store and drowns out the real applications. I think there is a middle ground though. Maybe a category for crap like this that doesn’t ever appear anywhere else in the app store, in a dark corner. Just like in the non-virtual world

Ha ha, like totally. It’s so true! It’s their platform.
It’s inconceivable that there exists a software platform whose creator DOESN’T maintain dictatorial control over all software that can be installed on it.

We have 2 apps banned this morning too. And they were rated 13+

Yup. These apps have been against Apple’s terms since before the App Store even officially opened. It’s about time they cleaned it up.

Yep, Babe Alarm Clock got pulled as well. Damn Apple.

How can people on here support censorship? Can you not still buy Playboys at any convenience store pretty easily? While I MAY support pulling overtly graphic apps, just blanket pulling apps is plain retarded. Way to go Apple.

I see playboy’s application is still up along with Victoria Secrets app.

We will send Steve that iprescription for the iViagra and then Steve will bring back the iStiffi pad

Awesome, glad they are getting rid of some junk!

Good point, things have changed now though. If you want porn on your ipad, you can get it from the web browse, or upload a galley to it. It is not like this apps were providing much more than a gallery.

Settle down, he is allowed to offer his opinion.

A better solution would be for apple to offer a porn group, which is hidden unless you allow it, and if you submit your “dodgy” app outside of this group, it will be banned.

Simple, but I guess that is not the sort of image Apple wants to go for.

Sanity prevails at last. Good move by Apple. Better late than never? Creativity and innovation shouldn’t necessarily mean putting up a weird porn / near porn App on the App store. Kudos to Apple for values matter than dollars.

@CJ, I think the world would miss Steve Jobs a lot more than you.

As you imply, pornography is freely available with a Web browser. Little need for it, or its slightly sanitized alternatives, in the App Store.

I think Apple would be happy to trade your business for that of some parents and their kids.

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Why is the Sports Illustrated app still up ?

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Some apps with sex-related content live happily on App Store, e.g. Nude Painting Puzzle, http://bit.ly/bhf9K4

I just had 4 of my apps removed tonight as well – got the same form letter email, word for word, about “overtly sexual content”…

My apps featured bikini girls in a humorous way. There was absolutely nothing “overtly sexual” about it, other than the girls happened to be wearing bikinis – just regular bikinis, no thongs or anything like that. And the humor used was basically on a very PG rated level. No dirty jokes or sexual innuendo. They were silly, goofy, funny apps that were intended to entertain… and people seemed to like them.

Of course I think it’s ridiculous that Apple pulled them, but it’s not a huge deal to me. If the new policy is to no longer allow bikini/pin-up girl type apps, then fine, I can live with that.

However, but does disturb me is, that so far, Apple seems to be cherry-picking which bikini-girl apps to go, and which are allowed to stay. For example, the Playboy app is still live and in the AppStore as of this writing. So is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit app – in fact, the SI app is even featured on the main App Store page!

So I’m confused… do the Playboy and SI Swimsuit apps not contain “overtly sexual content”? Please explain…

What’s interesting is the way App Store makes decision about rejecting or revoking application. I’ve created (not-so-creative) bikini girls puzzle, and – no nudity – it was rejected. The same week nude paintings app was accepted and art nouveau paintings app rejected… It’s like there’s no rule for this.

I know they refused my iPhone app :-(
Anyway I have something for you guys at http://www.appgiveaway.com (Premium iPhone app games for FREE)!

If ever this article holds some truth and apple really did do that.. I think its a FAIL.. Seeing, Mikandi (Android Porn APP) attracting thousands of download everyday from users.

Take another “peek” with the new application: http://bit.ly/mikandi-porn-application-best-or-worst

Let’s face it, everyone loves to become a peepin tom sometimes.. right?

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Got news for ya, bud. That’s the way life works. I
take pains to keep the content on my sites PG. Anyone’s site is a few f-bombs away from being deemed family-unsafe, and thereby getting removed from consideration by a big chunk of the world. There’s freedom of speech, and there’s common sense.

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Jobs and Apple feel like big man on campus when it comes to mobile devices. They can’t REALLY compete strongly on laptops and personal computers so they make up for their emasculation in that realm by being overly oppressive and abusive in the mobile sphere. We worry about government intrusion and a surveillance state but people don’t see how Apple’s strong arming in the mobile industry (see Flash, apps, touch screen industry, etc.) is actually very much closer to controlling people through technology.

Just imagine how people here would react if it was Microsoft telling people they can’t have some programs on their computers because it violated their arbitrary whims and rules–and put software on all Windows machines to enforce those rules. People would throw a fit. Instead we get apologists who say it’s no big deal when in fact it is.

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Why not just create a “Porn category” on the app store and require some kind of age verification to access it?

Whole thing is ridiculous. You can directly access photos that leave absolutely nothing to the imagination in any conceivable porn category by a single URL typed into Safari.

Here’s another thought: what if Apple is getting pressure from “politically correct” female app reviewers who protest the “sexist” porn apps?

Sexually implicit eh? Sign me up…

I think theres a fine line betwen apps that are inappropriate and fun. I dont think apple should allow porn-apps but adults should be able to choose what they want.

Anyone know if apps like sex positions are banned?

How is this different from the hundreds of fart apps, or the flashlight apps, or the workout planning apps, or the note taking apps, or the website RSS feed apps, I could go on.
The point is, the app store has thousands of apps that by any other standard would be considered either crap or completely redundant. In fact, I personally find the fart apps much more offensive than the “asian girls viewer” apps – the latter simply addresses our basic nature, while the former implies low mental capacity, which I happen to find insulting. So maybe apple should ban those.

Got the same email today. =[ They can't restrict what is on the web.

Adult [18+ only] iPhone content: http://cannibalqueen.com/

Kiss my apple.

Reason 1/1269 why I switched to Android.

and another thought:
Maybe Apple are changing their standards to comply with rules in other countries that they have just opened up their App store to? Maybe we’ll only be able to show a woman if she is wearing a veil??

The funniest thing is that the creator of that open platform is named Microsoft.

Censorship is Wrong, particularly when Wobble didn’t NEED to be censored – it was a funny App. Not Sexual – no content at all in fact!

http://chillifresh.com/2010/02/19/censorship-is-wrong/

hmmm interesting that my “bing” trumps them all comment was erased on here, tc dun want you to know! but it also doesnt look like this is happening on the app store in mass wide way, there are plenty of naughty apps up there, isolated incident if you ask me

I want to know what the general public (those of you who take time to read and comment like I do) think is “inappropriate”

I just found this and Im not sure what I think… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEW4pxbfrQY

I’m not for porn mixed with other apps and I believe a hidden +17 category would have been a better choice but there is something very wrong here :

I’m an app developper, I make a good app(if it sells + 1 000 000, whatever you have to say, it fills a need) and make big bucks on it say : 1 000 $ / day

Great, I can quit my job, I can incorporate my very own company, hire some designers, developpers, makes my app better.

Then Bam : “We changed our policy today, no more money for you, end of discussion, oh please don’t cry, you are making a fool of yourself !!”

Think it’s just porn so you don’t care … Wait until the first court trial about medical apps…The “We, Apple, have decided to revolutionnized the way notes can be taken on a device, so you”re app is now redundant, oh don’t start to cry….”

I find the process too violent, leaving no time to find works around, and just completely disrespectful to people who have given times to make your platform thrives.

Getting it in?

Thanks to Apple stores for banding the sexual content. I hope that you will band all sexual issues and not just the overtly ones since I just checked my Apple Store and still find many.
It is really bothering when we search the Apple store and find such disgusting sexual applications all over around.
Banding all the sexual applications will encourage us as costumers to buy more iphones for our young children who are eagerly begging to have one. But such ugly applications deprive them from having it.

So hopefully soon you will band all the sexual applications and we will congratulate you soon for selling more iphones.

Thanks and your concern is appreciated.

oh won’t somebody pleeeaase think of the children!

I was just considering migrating to Apple. However, my disdain for censorship has made my desicion for me. I will never patronize censors!!

I’ve been thinking about this some more, and this arbitrary control over apps, and moving the goal posts at their own whim really is wrong.

As another commenter noted, what if a developer has made major life changing decisions based on the App Store landscape last week?

This is one of the major reasons I became an Android user when the G1 was released. The iPhone is a beautiful piece of design and engineering, (except for the battery issue) but I just can’t stand the iCulture that surrounds it.

I think it’s time to get one of Mr Turning’s ideas out of the cupboard.

What about selling a meta-app that will run apps not sourced from the apple app store?

a java runtime, or something like that?

This should have happened a long time ago. I hate seeing garbage apps like iWobble clogging up the store. The junk to quality ratio is increasing fast.

The don’t HAVE to do anything. It may be YOUR phone, but it’s THEIR store. If you want to look at smut, use your web browser. If you can’t because your iPhone doesn’t support Flash, tell Adobe to get their act together.

When are they going to start removing the GARBAGE GANGSTA’ RAP songs from iTunes that promote sex, violence towards women and killing police officers? I HATE APPLE! And the fact that you people defend them and censorship only when Apple does it.!

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Great Job Apple…Really. My kids love to play games in Iphone and they learned how to download games from appstore. Guess what these adult application shows up in top list:).. I don’t like it.

Again Appreciate Apple for doing this.

Who in their right mind would wright an application to support any of Apple’s platforms? They clearly don’t care about their customers, their partners, enterprises, the business community at large, the environment, human rights…

and they most certainly despise developers.

All they care about is maintaining the mystique that surrounds their product line so that suckers pay into their “abnoxious profit margins” (to quote an Apple exec from the book ‘Startup’).

It’s not the smut…it’s the constant changes they make to their policies…

peoples’ businesses revolve around these platforms, so if the platforms shift due to dictatorial policies, it makes no sense for developers to support the platforms.

Glad I didn’t jump down that hole.

What about the applications already downloaded?

I guess people spent money on applications that wont get any upgrades anymore.

Thanks for wasting mine and everyone elses money Apple!

Yup. Just got the email to have 2 applications pulled. They were photosets of models working for our magazines. Fully clothed or swimsuits, no nudity etc. etc. as apple have never allowed that in any case. However apple havent pulled our other apps which contain the content. Big thing now is who pays when all the users want a refund.

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Get rid of the nasty sleaze, please. Let’s have more bible apps. Apple must keep all the perverts out of the App Store. Send all those developers to the Android platform where they can post unspeakably sensual apps. Let the Android platform be known as the platform of filth and perversion. Keep the iPhone mobile platform for the innocent and pure.

I hope Apple removes all of those perverted apps so innocent, little Bobby or Timmy don’t start playing with themselves after seeing some Asian hottie displaying her ravishingly golden skin.

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I fail to see your point. If you think there are too many apps now, what a couple of years. My bet is that most content will be app based in some form, and search will accomplish aggregation.

The problem with this perspective is that it affects other scenarios not necessarily so risky. My problem, is how do you deliver education content in a restricted manner? Similar issues of payment and separation from the store, simply a bit more wholesome!

wrong wink. it is not that simple. the problem is the app store is already burdened with too much crap.
thinning the field is a GREAT idea.

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good riddance. have fun in the wild.

I approve. I’m 59 and I’ve seen more than my share of anatomies. What I don’t want to see are T&A apps in Utilities and the like. If Apple is smart, it will create an Adult category. The only dumb thing they did is shoot first and ask questions later.

this guy above is NOT the Real Jon Atherton.

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Cosmo’s sexual positions is still in the app store today under the entertainment category. It is a paid app. (http://bit.ly/9yL5oH)

I wonder if they just pulled all the free one’s?

Yes … but you do not better organize it by banning content. Apple is failing at providing a well developed and organized system as is overcoming it by prohibitions.

Because it is using a populous argument based in false cultural biases. The reality is that we all like “sex” in its different forms and banning anything to do with it I find it hypocritical.

I do agree that there should be warnings and parental controls in place, however.

Banning sexually oriented or even explicit content does not protect anybody. If you do not like it, do not buy it. And from Apple’s point of view, do a better job at organizing and managing the content.

I agree – see my comments above.

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Where is effing Anonymous when you need them?

That is the point. I don’t spend money because of Apple the company. I like their products. If Apple were a decent company I would spend more money on their products.

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That’s what happens when you’re incapable of getting real pussy.

Agreed. It seems like you can’t even browse the store lately without passing a junk porn app every 10 entries. I don’t have time to jerk off to a cell phone. I prefer the real thing.

And the saddest thing is, if you read the REVIEWS of any of these apps, you can plainly tell that a large portion of them are being downloaded by minors, or complete retards who are experts at SOUNDING like minors by the way they type.

Jeez, Apple is being so conservative these days, kinda like our Harper government up here in Canada

Are you seriously grouping in RSS, workout planning, and note taking apps with fart apps? At least in those apps you get something out of it (news, health tracking, keeping information) that can result in a tangible benefit.

Aside from that, I think the fart apps should be the next to go. If people want trashy, they can go to another platform, and it’ll be another Facebook/Myspace style fight. Useful vs. Ghetto.

Yeah who needs quality control? Malware for everyone!

^ this.

How about this? You try holding up a porn mag in front of my 9-year-old niece, and I’ll show you exactly how false my cultural bias is. If we’re not looking to buy it, it doesn’t give you the right to put your shit in our faces.

That’s assuming Apple wants that to be part of their corporate image, right alongside the whole back-to-school and easy-for-families thing.

Don’t forget to post about your stolen identity. Oh and let me know how long until google gets an email back to you about customer service issues. idiot.

RAWWWWR!

TC & SAI just ruined the party for everyone…

You guys are like Metallica… and you just killed our Napster!

It’s no coincidence that Apple woke up to this only a day after you and SAI pointed it out to everyone! ARGH!

Time to start building iPhone/iPad WEB APPS — avoid the store all together. Build web apps guys!

Booohooo. Oh, abandon the store!! It’s their store and they can do what they want. You know who else doesn’t allow porn in their store? Best Buy and Target. And I’m pretty sure a huge majority of folks here shop there and will do so well into the future.

Idiots.

This is why the US has the single most complicated legal system in the world! To hell with freedom when there could be a big fat lawsuit involved. :) Big corporations are just a bunch of sissies who bend over backwards when someone spouts legal concerns.

Mark my words… very soon you won’t be able to enter your own home without someone from Homeland Security swabbing your ass!

This move by Apple is nothing more than another two-faced move based on back room corporate dealing. They are systematically killing off every ‘babe’ application except big corporate brands like Playboy and Victoria’s Secret under the guise of censorship brought on by prude users’ complaints. That is a load of BS… They are colluding with big corporations. And it all smacks of anti-competitive behavior. The FTC should look into this “policy”.

I think this is a good idea. I’ve seen this stuff in the App Store and wondered what Apple was thinking including it. People can always put porn on their iPhone if they want to and anyone can find porn using Safari. For the totally determined, there will most likely be hacks created to get around Apple’s policies. This is a very good call on Apple’s part. Apple will do better with core customers long term if they keep this type of stuff out of the App Store. They certainly don’t need the money and are under no pressure to create incremental revenue from adult stuff or porn-lite.

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It’s not about money… it’s about control. And the first and foremost “control” needs to be placed in the hands of the parent. Always has and always will. Parents are getting too damn lazy (and/or greedy for legal earnings) and want this responsibility passed onto the merchants.

What Apple should do is enable a filtering system for their AppStore (with parental controls) instead of a simple popup that anyone can ignore.

Any parent that says “I don’t want my child to have access to this stuff”… well… then DON’T let them have access to it. Just because you don’t want your own child to have access to it doesn’t mean it should be unavailable to everyone else. Regardless of whether or not one believes it is acceptable does not and should not dictate that same belief for anyone else. If that’s what these parents want then they should get the hell out of this country and move somewhere they can hide their children from the world and dictate the way they are raised without any outside influence.

Others claim that it’s just an AppStore and they can get this stuff elsewhere. Yes well this is just one small step that combines with many others. The more we let people get away with deciding what is available to us and what isn’t, the worse it will get. Those people need to grow up and take some responsibility of their own and stop bitching about boobs on the iPhone!

Give them Apple’s phone number :) And tell them to speak out. Apparently the conservatives did and it made a difference so why can’t we?

[...] Did Apple Just Ban Sexual Content From The App Store? [...]

You don’t spend money because you’re a cheap retard, you mean.

Don’t hide behind “If Apple were a decent company… blah blah blah” since Apple (cluetrain coming!) isn’t the one making the apps.

[...] Last night, we reported on a new restriction that was being applied to Apple’s App Store: no more applications with “overtly sexual content”. At this point, the exact nature of that ban is unclear. But it’s a policy shift that may alarm many developers — even those whose applications have nothing to do with sexy content. [...]

Good news for Android and Windows.

This is what they sent to us and said after speaking to an Apple representative on the phone today:
http://brandedresearch.com/blog/apple-of-my-eye-hardly/

Thats incredibly lame, our app is in no way “Overtly Sexual” as you can see from the full demo below:

http://www.pinuplifestyle.com/page/featured-pinups-iphone-app

What the hell are they thinking over there!? No Lingerie, No Bikini’s, yet so many apps remain. When are they going to begin filtering music. Glad you got a hold of someone man, care to share the contact number?

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But that is exactly my point. They are trying to solve a technical problem with banning apps. I agree … I do not want that crap in front of my kids either, but banning it is not the solution.

Apple is full of smart guys that can do better at organizing the content in better ways than the current mess. They are taking a very dictatorial way out of it – mind you with in its right – and that is not good for consumers.

You bought the wrong phone for your needs!
You should have known better, so stop whining.

The iPhone is an end to end controlled user experience designed by Apple to deliver what they consider to be an optional balance between security and convenience. This is similar to other controlled consumer products like xBox.

Now, surely a smart know-it-all like you must have understand this simple fact when you made your purchase or was that analysis too complex for you?

There are lots of other, wild west, mobile phone products out their that would seem to meet your product choice criteria better. So why didn’t you buy one of them? BUT NO! You buy the wrong product for your needs and then hang around tech blogs whining about your own lack of good judgement.

Apple has every right, even more, a repressibility to be totally in-charge of it’s target market strategy on behave of it’s shareholders. Apple works for them not you. Your delusional self important does not even enter into this value equation!!!!!!!!!!

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[...] Atherton, the developer behind Wobble iBoobs, has just told TechCrunch that he received an email from Apple stating his application was being removed from the App Store [...]

[...] apps are getting notified that their apps are being removed from the store. TechCrunch has the text of a message Apple sent to the developer of something called Jiggle iBoobs saying that the tougher stance is a [...]

[...] The blogosphere is brimming with news that Apple has made yet another new change to the App Store — and it may not be a welcome one for those with an appetite for sexy, according to TechCrunch. [...]

[...] sex-related story, this time from Apple. After getting complaints from App Store users, Apple has decided to ban a number of overly sexual [...]

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do you use netflix? if so then they are censoring, there is no porn.
you own the dvd/bluray, how dare they!

it’s the same argument. apple has no obligation to support or offer porn, hard or soft, simply because you want it or you don’t like censorship or that iphone is yours, you bought it.

you can always open a browser and peruse all you want.

Which is a perfectly fine argument… in ONE direction. Think of it this way, a company has the right to offer or not offer whatever they please. But if what they offer (or make available) conflicts with the ideals of the conservative… they change their business practices. We see this all the time and think nothing of it. But what about the other way around? Why is it NOT acceptable to ignore those concerns? If someone doesn’t like a company for what they offer… then simply don’t deal with that company.

The point is that the company has every right to make these changes, but they also have a right to remain the same! So this whole ordeal has nothing to do with what Apple can and cannot do by law. This goes far beyond Apple’s “obligations”. They opened up the AppStore for developers to use as a new marketplace… but now a lot of them are left out in the cold because some lazy parents out there can’t control their own children or have trust issues.

We got Apple’s notification about having removed one of our applications (an E-Book-App) because of “overtly sexual content” yesterday. The app is called “Boys & Toys – The beauty of speed”, and the problem is: It is about cars, fast cars, specifically. No sex. I mean, no sex at all. Does Apple even look at the apps they remove from sale…?

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[...] the last few days we’ve been tracking Apple’s recent decision to remove all sexual content from the App Store. It’s an alarming move on Apple’s part, if only because it shows [...]

Thank you apple! This is why my three kids have iphones, and we have 2 Macs, and plan on getting apple TV. Apple makes it all work and makes bold moves like this to do the right thing. Let’s face it adult content has helped launch most platforms (VHS, Internet) – and for apple to have the courage to ban this type of content really makes a strong statement. Bravo!

[...] One app that has been removed from iTunes, called Wobble iBoobs, lets you take a selected image of a bikini model, add “wobble zones” to the photo, and then make those parts of the image move when you shake your iPhone. This app’s function was apparently a little too hot for Apple, so the app’s developer, Jon Atherton, received a removal notice from Apple, according to TechCrunch. [...]

[...] developers independently reported on Thursday that they received a letter from Apple stating that apps containing sexual content were no longer [...]

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The Kamasutra Apps sounded great to me! What’s wrong with that?!

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[...] Techcrunch was alerted, and then ran a followup playing the “Censorship!” (Um … wake up, TechCrunch! You’re a bit slow if you’re crying foul over censorship only *now*). That should bring a lot more attention to the topic, which is good. [...]

[...] in mind that these rules have not been verified or posted by Apple, and Atherton has been on a roll recently of trying to drum up as much press as he can about Apple’s changes to the App Store [...]

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[...] in mind that these rules have not been verified or posted by Apple, and Atherton has been on a roll recently of trying to drum up as much press as he can about Apple’s changes to the App Store [...]

[...] in mind that these rules have not been verified or posted by Apple, and Atherton has been on a roll recently of trying to drum up as much press as he can about Apple’s changes to the App Store [...]

[...] in mind that these rules have not been verified or posted by Apple, and Atherton has been on a roll recently of trying to drum up as much press as he can about Apple’s changes to the App Store [...]

[...] The blogosphere is brimming with news that Apple has made yet another new change to the App Store — and it may not be a welcome one for those with an appetite for sexy, according to TechCrunch. [...]

[...] in mind that these rules have not been verified or posted by Apple, and Atherton has been on a roll recently of trying to drum up as much press as he can about Apple’s changes to the App Store [...]

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[...] Techcrunch hat eine Email von Apple, die an Chillifresh, dem Entwickler von Wobble iBoobs ging, veröffentlicht. Hieraus geht hervor, dass die Richtlinien des App-Stores überarbeitet werden und sexuell [...]

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[...] A full article is written over at TechCrunch. [...]

[...] Originally, only a few developers received word from Apple about the removal of their apps. [...]

One more reason to jailbreak imho

There are 2 solutions that occur to me.

1) I don’t really want to see those apps either. I especially don’t want to see them in the what’s hot or top 25 lists because for me they’re taking the place of an app that I might actually buy, so I’m not getting the info I want. A simple solution would be to enable moderate or safe search options. That way I, and my kid when we’re looking together, wouldn’t see the apps but people who want them will.

2) Apple could allow other stores to sell apps that download to the phone (ha!). Web apps are not the same. Apple would still have the vast majority of sales from people who appreciate the security of their review process, but people who are willing to take a risk would have that option. And maybe it would stop the jailbreakers. At this point, Apple’s strict control over content is past the point of usefulness to them, it makes them look like nasty dictators and gives little benefit. If the change was managed properly they’d gain more than they’d lose.

How many is numerous? Sadly lacking in the reportage here, Mr Crunch.

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EXACTLY.

And if they want to restrict kids on iPads in schools from getting to the adult section – make it so you have to log in and be 18+ to view it.

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[...] According to a Feb. 18 report on TechCrunch, developer Jon Atherton received an e-mail signed by “iPhone App Review” stating that one of his applications contained “content that we had originally believed to be suitable for distribution. However, we have recently received numerous complaints from our customers about this type of content, and have changed our guidelines appropriately.” [...]

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Apple is FULL of SHXT !!!!

When they introduce the Mac they had this girl breaking a screen and going against the establishment, now Apple is behaving exactly what they ridiculed!!

I have apps that contain beautiful pictures of girls, some show MUCH LESS than PLAYBOY, but Apple left Playboy, and Maxim, and others on iTunes because it is all about the mighty $$$$$$.

What Apple has done again is show no respect for the Developers, with out notice they pull the apps, and when you get a call back it is some rude individual like Richard XYZ that “can not comment, can not explain, and he has to hang up because he does not want to talk to you”

The Explicit category is still not available in the new app options. This could be a solution, but the problem is Apple policies and the way they carrying them out. Yes I know there are other platforms, but none like Apple, and because they are Apple does not mean that they should not be considerate with the people who helped them make this product a HUGE HIT. With out the great apps developed by independents the iPhone it would be just another cellphone.

Apple is FULL of SHXT !!!!

When Apple introduced the Mac they had this girl in a commercial breaking a TV screen and going against the establishment, now Apple is behaving exactly as the evil they ridiculed!!

I have apps that contain beautiful pictures of girls, some show MUCH LESS than PLAYBOY, but Apple left Playboy, and Maxim, and others on iTunes because it is all about the mighty $$$$$$.

What Apple has done again is show no respect for the Developers, with out notice they pull the apps, and when you get a call back it is some rude individual like Richard XYZ that “can not comment, can not explain, and he has to hang up because he does not want to talk to you”

The Explicit category is still not available in the new app options. This could be a solution, but the problem is Apple policies and the way they carrying them out. Yes I know there are other platforms, but none like Apple, and because they are Apple does not mean that they should not be considerate with the people who helped them make this product a HUGE HIT. With out the great apps developed by independents the iPhone it would be just another cellphone.

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I am extremely happy with Apple’s decision. They should deny sexually offensive iPhone applications. I know a lot of people feel that the images on these applications are funny but if you really pay attention to the message it conveys, it is far from funny. I agree that it is definitely our responsibility, to not buy products that we believe are offensive. However, companies are equally responsible for their products and the message it may or may not send to the public. Some of the applications that I have seen were sexist, degrading, and some of the content borders on sexual assault. Why would any company want to support or sell anything like that? So yes these iPhone applications have gotten out of hand, and I am glad that apple is denying them.

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[...] Looking around blogsphere, I was able to find what the e-mail that bans an app looks like: [...]

[...] on Feb. 18th, it came to light that Apple was beginning to ban sexually suggestive applications from the App Store.  One [...]

[...] the App Store to applications that are useful and family friendly. First, it removed thousands of sex-themed applications, and it’s also been making moves to crack down on overly simplistic [...]

[...] the App Store to applications that are useful and family friendly. First, it removed thousands of sex-themed applications, and it’s also been making moves to crack down on overly simplistic [...]

I see Android Market has an app or two that would have been cut from the mix. Unnecessarily or not? I don’t know.

Android’s picjiggles is an app that is in line with some other wobbly and jiggly apps out there , but it is a cut above. At least I really enjoyed it.

[...] story broke Thursday, when TechCruch reported that Wobble iBoobs, an app that was previously accepted for sale through the App Store and has [...]

[...] is getting more prudish and pulling sexy apps from iTunes. One of the new rules is no more bikini apps, unless you happen [...]

[...] Via: techcrunch.com [...]

Where can i find adult apps since apple deleted all of thiers. If u dont like material like tht dont look at it.

[...] same authority over the Marketplace Apple is over the iPhone’s App Store (no cookie cutter or sexy apps). To avoid the same fate as Apple, Microsoft is saying it will take more of an [...]

I am really pissed of with apple for doing this, there must be some way round this, with apple being able to identifiy the age of people who want to enjoy these apps.
If you have an iPhone you have the window of the world in hand, to search & see anything you wish to.
Come on apple puts these apps back on

They must have reinstated a lot of these apps because I hopped on there last night and they were still available for download.

I must say how appalled I am to hear of Apple inposing it's own censorship but allowing "major publisher" applications to remain. Then to be fair & just remove ALL applications that are not produced from "major publishers and not only based on content. The precious apple store number of available applications would be probably about 10% of what it is currently. If you are going to censorship, then censorship both large and small application developers; your discrimination choices are not fair and whom do you think made this iTunes store so popular? Wasn't the 10% "major publishers" so better judgement on whom to omit & whom to allow is necessary before the "everyday Joe application developer" does decide open is better and go with Android.

"However, we have recently received numerous complaints from our customers about this type of content, and have changed our guidelines appropriately. "

It should read instead as "accordingly", since the term "appropriately" is subject to much debate as to whether their (over) reaction to complaints was appropriate -at all-. Case of the minority setting the bounds of decency for the majority. I guess Apple thinks they are the new Disney.

The content seemed to be porn rather than just sexual.

In relation to the political decontamination of our public life, the government will embark upon a systematic campaign to restore the nation’s moral and material health. The whole educational system, theater, film, literature, the press and broadcasting – all these will be used as a means to this end.

Replace "government" with Apple.

Quote from A Hitler.

Great Job! Done I think Apple should never include stupid kind of things into store which spoil the show for it

Watching porn just says how your not getting any action
if you wanna openly admit you couldnt get laid if you had a dick the size of a bull elephant’s, fine by me
but if your so much of a porn freak, that you need to have access to it 24/7 no matter where you are, there’s something wrong with you

I agree that sexually explicit stuff should be banned from apps…and I think it should go even further to other websites, especially ones that children use, such as youtube. Also, even though the apps come with Apple’s “objectionable material” warning that requires you to affirm that you’re over the age of 17, there are still children that can lie about their age. Thus, this does not help and all sexual content should be obliterated.

I sure as hell won’t miss the arrogant prick

What about other content your Uncle Stevie doesn’t like, such as relgion, abortion, euthanasia etc. that he doesn’t want his customers, I mean children, I mean cult followers to have?

Where does the censorship vs. freedom end with Apple?

Even easier is you and Stevie moving to China – leave what’s left of democracy to the rest of us.

Oh wait, I don’t but iCrap so it’s not an issue for me…