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sschueller · 7 months ago
Last time I checked porn was legal in the US. Who made Apple the arbitrator of what we can and can not do?

Yes, I know, private cooperation can decide what they want to do but once you get to a point of monopoly these rules should change.

Visa/Master card have the same issue.

pentel-0_5 · 7 months ago
I don't get why they don't just slap an adult age (varies by jurisdiction) and sensitive content gates on it and be done with it. Some people who are of legal age want sensitive content apps and web stuff and others don't want to see any of it. Let users decide. Default it to sensitive content off. Problem solved. We can all go home now. :)
ericmay · 7 months ago
Why doesn’t Wal-Mart sell porn?

Why do they get to be the arbiter of what I can and can’t do?

asadotzler · 7 months ago
In this case, it's Walmart telling the shop down the street they shouldn't be allowed to sell porn because someone might read it while wearing a Walmart t-shirt.
wpm · 7 months ago
Walmart isn’t the only store.
lm28469 · 7 months ago
Yeah but remember kids "regulations = evil". If apple was forced to allow porn what's next? We'd probably end up in a communist dictatorship or something equally terrible

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Pesthuf · 7 months ago
>The company lashed out again in its latest statement, saying it’s “deeply concerned about the safety risks that hardcore porn apps of this type create for EU users, especially kids.”

I like how Apple always conveniently forgets that Safari exists when making claims like this.

ch_sm · 7 months ago
Both Jobs and Cook have mentioned/acknowledged in interviews that people who want it can use Safari.
lapcat · 7 months ago
Right, because of course children are incapable of browsing the web.
blackeyeblitzar · 7 months ago
Puritanism exposing monopolistic control over distribution channels.
akimbostrawman · 7 months ago
The puritanism here is more an excuse than the cause.
ulbu · 7 months ago
i wonder if it’s not related with what caused reddit to ban its porn subreddits. maybe some hidden request from the trump administration?..
nailer · 7 months ago
Reddit has not banned its porn subreddits.
markx2 · 7 months ago
It did a 'test' yesterday with a mass ban then an un-ban.

I'll bet it does happen after they have evaluated their 'test'.

lapcat · 7 months ago
What do you mean by "it"? The Apple App Store banned porn from the beginning in 2008, but Apple was required by the Digital Markets Act to allow this app to be distributed outside the App Store in the European Union. That's it, the whole story. I'm not sure why you're trying to introduce some strange conspiracy involving Trump.
ulbu · 7 months ago
ok, it’s the “1st” such app, i missed that
akimbostrawman · 7 months ago
When money outweighs being progressive for money