Apple: No friend of porn, blasphemy

previously posted at : http://theundergroundsite.com/index.php/2009/07/apple-no-friend-of-porn-blasphemy/

Posted: 16 Jul 2009 04:53 PM PDT Though Mac commercials are always portraying Windows computers (and users by extension) as overweight, lame, geeks, it seems like Apple is the one not “with it.” In the past few months, Apple has shut down no less than four applications for the iPhone and iPod touch that the company deemed questionable. These include an application about Jesus, one about the Kama Sutra, Beauty Meter and the Hottest Girls app. According to the Associated Press, the “Me So Holy” application allowed people to choose “their religion, take a picture of themselves, and insert their face into a messianic image.” The Eucalyptus app allowed iPhone users to search for the perfect sexual position in the Kama Sutra on the go. Eucalyptus allows usesrs to access books online from Project Gutenberg. After pressure from the developer, Apple eventually welcomed the app back with open arms. The BeautyMeter app allowed users to view and rate user-submitted images of men and women. The app was yanked after an image of a topless 15 year old girl showed up on the app. Hottest Girls was an application that just had pictures of scantily clad women. Unlike the other applications, Apple approved the Hottest Girls application. Then, when Apple wasn’t looking, the makers of Hottest Girls added topless photos of women to the app’s mix. The application was met with a large demand, but was later yanked off of digital shelves. In a statement, Apple officials said, “The developer of this application added inappropriate content directly from their server after the application had been approved and distributed, and after the developer had subsequently been asked to remove some offensive content.” “This was a direct violation of the terms of the iPhone Developer Program. The application is no longer available on the App Store.” While the mainstream is demonizing Apple for its prudish behavior, it should be applauding the company’s moral stance on the issue. At least one company out there is cool enough not to cave in to the pressures of a few. Apple wants to be a family-friendly brand. What’s so wrong with that? Besides, most iPhone users probably don’t want to access pornography on their phones anyway. The company is also probably protecting people from themselves. Though you have to be blind not to see how pornography and violence lead to moral decay, some researchers have consistently argued that there is a link. Sure, some people may not want to be protected, but they don’t have to get iPhones. There are so many phones out there from which to choose. That’s the good thing about choice. If you don’t like a company’s practices, you can take your business elsewhere.   – Tiffany Orr, The Underground managing editor

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