Today ‘s big App Store news is that Apple has decided to oust all apps that contain ‘overtly sexual ‘ content. This is being reported by tons of sites, but our friends over at KRAPPS have one of the best rundowns on it, as they ‘ve been following Apple ‘s gradually increasing intolerance of ‘smut apps ‘ from the beginning.
Just as so often happens with big App Store decisions, this one is rife with inconsistency right from the off – as KRAPPS nicely illustrates with the screencap above. The two apps shown are even from the same developer, and one is banned while the other isn ‘t and there doesn ‘t appear to be a huge difference in the nature of their content.
For a good overview of all of what ‘s going on with this latest App Store policy, see the KRAPPS article here:
http://krapps.com/2010/02/19/apple-removes-all-iphone-sex-apps/
I have to say I won ‘t be shedding any tears over this latest decision (even if it inconsistent and likely unfair) “ just because I ‘m so fed up with seeing scores of ‘Sexy Bikini Girls Eating Popcorn / Burping / Wearing Bikinis / Being Sexy Girls in Some Random Way ‘ apps every time I ‘m browsing for apps.
Having said that, I think the better overall solution might be to just create an ‘Adult ‘ section in the App Store, restrict access to it in whatever clever ways are possible to keep kids away from it, and let those of us who don ‘t want to see any of these apps filter them out easily.
What do you all think? Are you outraged that there will be less ‘sexy lingerie girls brushing their hair ‘ apps? How should Apple be handling this issue?
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