'Sexual' App Store purge affecting over 5,000 titles?
updated 11:50 am EST, Mon February 22, 2010
Innocuous apps may be caught in crossfire
Apple's cleansing of "overtly sexual" apps from the App Store has taken over 5,000 titles offline, claims ChilliFresh. Responsible for one of the first apps to be banned, Wobble iBoobs, the developer says that it has learned the information in discussing the situation with Apple. The figure may be backed by data from AppShopper, which said that 4,000 apps had been culled as of last Friday.
The new rules are said to be extremely strict, preventing images of women in bikinis, or any form of sexual innuendo, such as references to "boobs," "babes," "booty" or simply sex. No apps will be allowed that could in any manner imply sexual content, an Apple representative is said to have informed.
The measure would appear to be hypocritical, or at least not yet fully enforced, as App Store shoppers can for instance continue to download the official Playboy magazine app. Beyond this, it may also be affecting innocent parties. Simply Beach, a UK swimwear retailer, says its shopping app has been removed for "overtly sexual content" despite merely showing women modeling the clothing for sale. The app is being resubmitted with an age restriction, though even if it fails Simply Beach notes that its products can still be found through Amazon's iPhone app.
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the problem is
4000 + apps. one developer had put up over 500 apps along these lines.
how many times can you search for something and get a handful of these apps in the results where they clearly don't belong, before enough is enough?
that's the trouble with p*** (even soft). once they start they will never ever stop. soon you would have jiggling jagumbas #3012 all new girls!
apple may be getting some grief about this but down the road i highly doubt that a google sponsored app store or a ms sponsored app store will allow them. if you don't stop them they will simply take over.
i don't see any jiggling jagumbas ads on macnn. or pcworld. or newsweek. you simply have to draw the line.