I own an Android phone, and even if they did censor the marketplace at some point, we can still add applications by downloading them from a web site, sticking them on our SD cards, and installing them that way – so censorship of what we can and cannot have on our own damn phones is not an issue for us Android Users.

Saying all of the above, I would still agree that perhaps both the iPhone App Store and the Android Marketplace should have a clearly defined adult content section that is only accessible once you have provided proof of identity (and thus proving that you are over 18). I still don’t want my 11 year old niece being exposed to such stuff, but equally, I don’t want my freedom of choice as a fully legal consenting adult taken away from me by a corporation.

I am adult, hardcore pornography is legal, I would like to be able to have pornographic application on my phone.

And now they even censored soft stuff?

I love Apple, but I hate some of her policy, I am not a Kid, I have a credit card that I use to pay application on their store.

How can Apple limit my right?

There’s got to be some kind of standard set for society. Apple can do what they want with the appstore because it’s THEIR PROPERTY! Apple surely didn’t create the appstore just to let the inmates rule the asylum.

As with any other retailer, they have the right to say what is and what is not sold in their store. If they change their mind on something, they have the right to do that as well.

So cheer the removal of evil minor-corrupting boobies from the store if you must, but don’t pretend this will not have a chilling effect on developers. Right now, the iPhone is the only real game in town, but capriciousness like this is creating pent up demand for developers to go to the first platform, ANY platform, that hits barely good enough.

But I think since apple is messing with some peoples livelyhood from one day to the next, I smell lawsuit.

I’d like to go through apps without having half neekid women all up in my grill. I’m not a prude but seriously folks, why should we have to sift through hundreds of crap like that to find apps? There is no reason for it.

http://www.diverse-group.com/menu/blog.html

I’m glad to see parents monitoring what their kids are seeing. I applaud you for that.

I wouldn’t be against a separate category but with the option to disable it from being seen in the App store..

I think Apple should create a separate category for the sex apps and users should be able to select if they want to see it.

I totally agree with the personal responsibility thing but try and look at it from this perspective. When you go to the grocery store, you don’t expect to find eatable underwear or other “erotic foods”. There are specialty stores for that kind of stuff. I strongly believe that the same philosophy should hold true for the appstore as well.

Lately, I haven’t agreed with a lot of what Apple has been doing with the App store. But I definitely agree with this decision. I would not want to see what an unfiltered App store looked like. A lot bigger chance for malware and spyware. I know Apple doesn’t currently check each app’s code, but allowing just anything on the App store would create more of a possibility of a malicious app.

This is what happens when one comapny gets all the control. They come up with ridiculous idea and those that follow get no say in the matter.

So what do we do? It’s called jailbreaking. I wish that those rejected by apple would just contact saurik and go to the “dark side”. Apple will one day realize they aren’t the parents of some 70million users. They’re a distributor and business and, if the resources are available (which they are), they should supply them…

I, personally, don’t want to give Apple the ability to start censoring based on their definition of porn. What’s next, blocks on websites with “objectionable material?” (Why stop only with the 13-17 crowd when it’s easier to censor everyone!)

Apple were fine with our marketing and everything else up until yesterday – what changed? It’s not like they hadn’t noticed the app (I have spoken to Apple Staff about it on numerous occasions) – I mean THEY made ~$100,000 from it.

Besides all that – what is wrong with sending out an email WITH some guidelines and a note saying that the new guidelines will be enforced in 14 days?

I have 970,000 iPod/iPhone users of Wobble that have a different opinion to the 5/6 commenters above, so I don’t think this board is any indication of what people want!

No, but the developer made a deliberate decision to sell the product based on sexual innuendo. Now Apple has understandably decided that it doesn’t want sexual oriented apps on its service (a decision which is undoubtedly supported by the majority of users if this board is any indication). Live by the sword, die by the sword. If the developer truly feels aggrieved because he never intended any overt sexual connotations, then all he has to do is rename the app and remove any sexual suggestion from its literature/marketing.

Explanation, anybody?

It’s the “pasties” and the “bikini” apps that are offensive when added into the same scheme as other apps. I don’t want to see a ton of “boobies” apps on the store when I’m browsing the top 50. It’s not a store run by 12 year olds. If they want that stuff, there are other means by which to obtain it.

No, you don’t need an app for THAT.

I congratulate Apple.

To all those that want their apps censored… I have no problems with that really – If Apple decided on a standard and published it we’d be ok…

They have changed their standards, but they don’t actually say what those standards are now, or what they were before! No guidelines provided!

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 in the future.

If Apple approved it already and people bought it, why should they be penalized, and more importantly to me – why should I – Glentwood has invested quite some time and money in this app, and it was approved a year ago!!

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??

Just take it off itunes period then no issues or lawsuits. Easy solution, people can live without porn apps on their phones and get a real life.

And First.