iTunes reacting to adult content in App Store
The topic in the Apple Discussions board is “Parental Controls Content Restrictions do not work correctly in iTunes?” The content is all about the ability for anyone, regardless of age or how the parental controls are set, can view previews of adult content showing?unacceptable?imagery.
The topic opener ends with the question, “Is there a step that I missed? How do I make the 17+ apps not visible? I do not want to disable the entire App store, just the explicit content.”
Whoa, there! Developers are singing a different story. One developer fired back by sending a completely unveiled threat over their application “Wobble iBoobs” in a blog post with the statement, “Roll on WINDOWS PHONE 7, ANDROID ? Apple you are completely fith if you think developers are going to take this one without a class action.”
We have not reviewed “Wobble iBoobs” but evidently someone from the Apple staff has?ogled?whatever may be there – which the developer says is nothing. Apple sent a letter to the developer who has recieved over $300,000 AUS from their app which includes, “Your application, Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored), contains content that we had originally believed to be suitable for distribution. However, we have recently received numerous complaints from our customers about this type of content, and have changed our guidelines appropriately. ?We have decided to remove any overtly sexual content from the App Store, which includes your application.”
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