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Oh NO!!!! Apple deletes 5000 iBoob apps from the App Store - Grumpyguy - 02-21-2010
http://www.businessinsider.com/apples-war-on-porny-iphone-apps-is-going-too-far-2010-2
Re: Oh NO!!!! Apple deletes 5000 iBoob apps from the App Store - AlphaDog - 02-21-2010
I'm not feeling the pain about this.
Re: Oh NO!!!! Apple deletes 5000 iBoob apps from the App Store - Jimmypoo - 02-21-2010
Not really a problem for me since I go to $%&^*#-Destroyer.com for my "sexy pics."
Re: Oh NO!!!! Apple deletes 5000 iBoob apps from the App Store - NewtonMP2100 - 02-21-2010
...so the Store got an iBoob job.....?
Re: Oh NO!!!! Apple deletes 5000 iBoob apps from the App Store - Carnos Jax - 02-21-2010
Frankly I don't like it.
However, as others around the Internet have already chimed in, it's probably a business decision. If Apple is trying to appeal to a more mainstream demographic, unfortunately due to the prudish values of this country (nothing wrong with those values...it's just that I think parents need to be more responsible) they have to do things like this.
I would even like the ability to install things outside the app store without jail breaking (but perhaps that's not a terribly bad thing to do...just a bit more hassle every time an update comes out). However, I can understand this too. The desire to control apps (hence requiring an app store) comes from what I believe is AT&T/Apple's desire to prevent an additional load on their network. For example I heard that something like 90% of the traffic on the Internet is spam/malware. Can you imagine if that happened to the cellular networks?!
Re: Oh NO!!!! Apple deletes 5000 iBoob apps from the App Store - Grumpyguy - 02-21-2010
why not have an R-rate adult section that requires a valid credit card?
Apple could keep the racy stuff off the radar of the iTunes main App Store page.
I think that would have been easier myself.
Re: Oh NO!!!! Apple deletes 5000 iBoob apps from the App Store - Carnos Jax - 02-21-2010
Well, I think (and I'm guessing here) that those apps wouldn't fit under the traditional "R-rated" designation used for movies. Rather, they'd be like those movies found in the "adult sections" of small video rental stores. And you won't find a mainstream video store in many places around the country that has an adult section. So you won't probably find one in the apps store.
Re: Oh NO!!!! Apple deletes 5000 iBoob apps from the App Store - Go To Top - 02-21-2010
I have one on my touch. Should I delete it?
Re: Oh NO!!!! Apple deletes 5000 iBoob apps from the App Store - Ombligo - 02-21-2010
Asa parent trying police my 13-yr-old son's Touch, I welcome the exclusion.
As a civil libertarian, there has to be a better model
As a former 13-yr-old boy, what's the harm?
Re: Oh NO!!!! Apple deletes 5000 iBoob apps from the App Store - threeprong - 02-22-2010
Ditto Ombligo.