Apple, There’s Pornography On My iPhone. The App Is Called Safari. You Made It.
Apple’s hypocrisy with regard to the App Store is something I know well. Several times last year I wrote about Apple allowing apps like “Asian Boobs” and upskirt apps into the App Store while rejecting things such as satirical apps that mocked public figures. It was ridiculous. So you might think I’d be happy that Apple is now rejecting and removing sexy apps from the App Store as well. But actually, the hypocrisy is much worse now.
Link: Apple, There’s Pornography On My iPhone. The App Is Called Safari. You Made It.
There’s one distinction I make– Safari, while it can display porn, doesn’t come with anything that points you towards it without you first giving it direction. It’s highly unlikely that something on Apple’s pre-set homepage will lead you that direction.
On the other hand, depending on how the app catalog is managed, it’d be very easy to run across something that sparks curiosity– whether it’s a suggestive app category or an explicit app that happens to fall in one of the “top” rankings.