Self-Censorship is always a silly move. First they don't want porn apps and now nothing too "sexy". What is next? Nothing too stupid? There are plenty of those "stupid" apps that will dumb down end-users.
Apple is walking a thin line here and forgetting to let end-users to determine if there is a market for any of those apps. Apple is treating these "content" as if it cheapens the Apple brand. Don't pull a "Tiger Woods" on us Apple!
As Apple has officially clarified its new ban on "overtly sexual content" in the App Store, one application featuring pictures of women in bikinis -- to sell beachwear -- found itself removed."
Note that the Victoria's Secret app is still available.
The mistake behind all this was in allowing the trashy 6 pics of girls type apps in the app store at all. If they hadn't let the app store become such a joke with so much rubbish in it then they wouldn't have got complaints and we wouldn't be at the stage where swimsuit shops or games with a female fantasy character are being removed.
Hopefully they'll relax over the coming months and we can get to a sensible state where the crappy bikini girl pic type apps are gone but swimsuit shops and mild games and such are ok.
Btw, I don't like the inconsistency or lack of clarity on the rules - and notice that there is still the tubes app in the UK store so they're not even being efficient or consistent.
Wonder how the 'glad they banned the boobs' crowd is going to spin this into a positive move.
I imagine they'll try the old 'Apple can do what they want, sellers can just go elsewhere' argument - well worn, but entirely fallacious.
Toshiba doesn't dictate what apps I can use on their laptops, neither does Microsoft ban an entire swathe of applications for fear of offending American sensibilities that fly in the face of their European customers.
Tell me, why shouldn't these apps still be available in the UK or French app store? Why not just ban them from the US?
Or do the 'ban the boobs' crowd on this board genuinely believe that US morals should apply to us as well?
Why are people making so much noise about these useless apps being thrown out of the App Store? Agreed, for some people, those apps might have been the only reason to visit the App Store. But, me, as an average user, I was irritated to see these useless apps hog the limelight in the Most Popular section. Sometimes, it seemed to me that the App Store would soon start looking like YouTube (videos with thumbnails of semi-nude women)! I am grateful that Apple banned them! 5,000 less crap apps now in the App Store.
Now, some developers are crying out loud over lost income. I honestly do sympathize with you. I haven't read the fine-print of the App Store rules, but, I am sure somewhere Apple must have stated 'Rules and conditions are subject to change'. They just exercised the option. Simple.
If anyone really misses such apps, get your dose through other sources! I really do not have any sympathy for users who want such useless apps to satisfy their sexual desires!
So now when the App for Gaylord Foods sends stuff to me, It will be censored because it has the word Gay in it??? Come on....when did I sign up to the Nazi or the Republican party?
They shouldn't be complaining, the publicity of this alone will send more customers to SimplyBeach than any app could.. They should in fact be thanking Apple.
So now when the App for Gaylord Foods sends stuff to me, It will be censored because it has the word Gay in it??? Come on....when did I sign up to the Nazi or the Republican party?
You didn't read the that small text portion of the terms and conditions that was written in UV ink?!
It clearly states that by going to the Apple Store and purchasing an iPhone/iPod Touch, that your signature for purchase automatically signs you up!
They shouldn't be complaining, the publicity of this alone will send more customers to SimplyBeach than any app could.. They should in fact be thanking Apple.
1) One swimsuit app getting booted isn't necessarily the rule or a trend. There might be three others still there.
2) Apple has a right to protect their business as well as a responsibility to their stockholders. One of the best ways for Apple to ruin their iPhone enterprise is to allow all kinds of objectionable stuff on it. They are smart to not let that happen.
Apple can and is playing cop on the apps. But I don't think they will become like China and filter the entire web. As such, Simply Beach and other like them can do just like Google did with Google Voice. Rather than build and application, build a web site made specific to the Iphone. The same result will be accomplished. Then, on their website, they can advertise to add it to your iphone as a web link.
This means Apple is wasting money trying to monitor for lewd kinds of stuff in apps. There are work arounds and they will not be successful but just wasteful of resources.
The crowd that helped make the Apple and iPhone 'cool' will be the same crowd that makes the the butt of jokes. Once they turn down that path it is a difficult tide to fight against. Once buying and owning Apple is no longer cool instead become a punch line, they might realize this was an bad decision. Apple is loosing their 'it' factor with decisions like this.
They are going down the path of AOL, IMO. AOL was once big enough to buy TimeWarner. Now they barely exist.
I have no crystal ball, but I see parallels in that they are pissing off lots of folks with their overly-restrictive policies.
He said his company received the same e-mail that Apple sent to other developers, which stated "overtly sexual content" was being removed from the download destination due to "numerous complaints" from customers.
I wonder if they had put their swimsuits on dogs if they would still have been booted?!
Apple can and is playing cop on the apps. But I don't think they will become like China and filter the entire web. As such, Simply Beach and other like them can do just like Google did with Google Voice. Rather than build and application, build a web site made specific to the Iphone. The same result will be accomplished. Then, on their website, they can advertise to add it to your iphone as a web link.
This means Apple is wasting money trying to monitor for lewd kinds of stuff in apps. There are work arounds and they will not be successful but just wasteful of resources.
How on earth is that acceptable by any means? You should have stuck with 0 posts.
If anyone really misses such apps, get your dose through other sources
That's kind of the point: There are no other legit sources for apps.
IMO, Apple set itself up for this sort of thing when they decided to be a sole supplier of apps. It forced them to either allow anything/everything, or to pick and choose.
If Apple would allow third parties to supply apps, many problems would go away.
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Apple is walking a thin line here and forgetting to let end-users to determine if there is a market for any of those apps. Apple is treating these "content" as if it cheapens the Apple brand. Don't pull a "Tiger Woods" on us Apple!
As Apple has officially clarified its new ban on "overtly sexual content" in the App Store, one application featuring pictures of women in bikinis -- to sell beachwear -- found itself removed."
Note that the Victoria's Secret app is still available.
All those topless guys and lean women in skin-tight suits... *wolf whistle*
Hopefully they'll relax over the coming months and we can get to a sensible state where the crappy bikini girl pic type apps are gone but swimsuit shops and mild games and such are ok.
Btw, I don't like the inconsistency or lack of clarity on the rules - and notice that there is still the tubes app in the UK store so they're not even being efficient or consistent.
Wonder how the 'glad they banned the boobs' crowd is going to spin this into a positive move.
I imagine they'll try the old 'Apple can do what they want, sellers can just go elsewhere' argument - well worn, but entirely fallacious.
Toshiba doesn't dictate what apps I can use on their laptops, neither does Microsoft ban an entire swathe of applications for fear of offending American sensibilities that fly in the face of their European customers.
Tell me, why shouldn't these apps still be available in the UK or French app store? Why not just ban them from the US?
Or do the 'ban the boobs' crowd on this board genuinely believe that US morals should apply to us as well?
Now, some developers are crying out loud over lost income. I honestly do sympathize with you. I haven't read the fine-print of the App Store rules, but, I am sure somewhere Apple must have stated 'Rules and conditions are subject to change'. They just exercised the option. Simple.
If anyone really misses such apps, get your dose through other sources! I really do not have any sympathy for users who want such useless apps to satisfy their sexual desires!
Switch your business to something else. Not that big of a deal.
like minnie mouse t shirts?
There are plenty of other places to buy smutty apps for your iPhone!
Do tell.
So now when the App for Gaylord Foods sends stuff to me, It will be censored because it has the word Gay in it??? Come on....when did I sign up to the Nazi or the Republican party?
You didn't read the that small text portion of the terms and conditions that was written in UV ink?!
It clearly states that by going to the Apple Store and purchasing an iPhone/iPod Touch, that your signature for purchase automatically signs you up!
They shouldn't be complaining, the publicity of this alone will send more customers to SimplyBeach than any app could.. They should in fact be thanking Apple.
Wow...just wow.
like minnie mouse t shirts?
Well... I'm thinking about that guy, who used to crush fences, you know... The outfit like that shouldn't earn less, IMO.
1) One swimsuit app getting booted isn't necessarily the rule or a trend. There might be three others still there.
2) Apple has a right to protect their business as well as a responsibility to their stockholders. One of the best ways for Apple to ruin their iPhone enterprise is to allow all kinds of objectionable stuff on it. They are smart to not let that happen.
This means Apple is wasting money trying to monitor for lewd kinds of stuff in apps. There are work arounds and they will not be successful but just wasteful of resources.
The crowd that helped make the Apple and iPhone 'cool' will be the same crowd that makes the the butt of jokes. Once they turn down that path it is a difficult tide to fight against. Once buying and owning Apple is no longer cool instead become a punch line, they might realize this was an bad decision. Apple is loosing their 'it' factor with decisions like this.
They are going down the path of AOL, IMO. AOL was once big enough to buy TimeWarner. Now they barely exist.
I have no crystal ball, but I see parallels in that they are pissing off lots of folks with their overly-restrictive policies.
He said his company received the same e-mail that Apple sent to other developers, which stated "overtly sexual content" was being removed from the download destination due to "numerous complaints" from customers.
I wonder if they had put their swimsuits on dogs if they would still have been booted?!
Phil Schiller is out of his f*cking mind.
Apple can and is playing cop on the apps. But I don't think they will become like China and filter the entire web. As such, Simply Beach and other like them can do just like Google did with Google Voice. Rather than build and application, build a web site made specific to the Iphone. The same result will be accomplished. Then, on their website, they can advertise to add it to your iphone as a web link.
This means Apple is wasting money trying to monitor for lewd kinds of stuff in apps. There are work arounds and they will not be successful but just wasteful of resources.
How on earth is that acceptable by any means? You should have stuck with 0 posts.
If anyone really misses such apps, get your dose through other sources
That's kind of the point: There are no other legit sources for apps.
IMO, Apple set itself up for this sort of thing when they decided to be a sole supplier of apps. It forced them to either allow anything/everything, or to pick and choose.
If Apple would allow third parties to supply apps, many problems would go away.