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It's only denigrating if you yourself feel that porn is a bad association. If not, it's just stating a pretty reasonable suggestion: if having porn apps is impo
by GHFigs 17y ago
It's only denigrating if you yourself feel that porn is a bad association. If not, it's just stating a pretty reasonable suggestion: if having porn apps is important to you, buy a phone that supports porn apps. Don't buy one that doesn't.
The subtext is that Apple is willing to lose customers over not being in the porn business, and he's willing to state as much. Maybe this could be seen as denigrating if you suppose that they probably won't lose very many at all over it, suggesting the availability of porn apps on Android does not really add much value to the platform. But that seems a bit indirect.
You'll note he did not say "people who want porn are bad people" or "people who want Android phones are bad people" or "porn is the only thing Android is good for".
- theBobMcCormick 17y agoHe's also subtly lying. The implication in his statement is that porn apps are allowed in the Android Market, which is false and I'm sure Steve knows it's false. See the android developer content policy here: http://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html http://www.android.com/us/developer-content-policy.html.
- GHFigs 17y agoThe implication in his statement is that porn apps are allowed in the Android Market ...how? He doesn't mention the Android Market. He surely knows the Android Market is not the only way to get applications -- in fact, TechCrunch even quotes him elsewhere as indicating that there is a "a porn store for Android". Not anything like "There is porn in the Android Market". Remember, the context is him responding to a request about his product. Stating clearly that people who want what is being asked for should go elsewhere makes a lot more sense to me than it being some kind of vague underhanded marketing tactic. What else would you say if someone asks for something you're not interested in selling? Should he say "Oh well maybe we'll reconsider. Don't buy a product that does what you want."? Wouldn't that be dishonest? I mean, if this is lying so subtle that you have to explain it I really don't think it's meant to deceive. The whole thing is just silly and shows how little it really takes to get HN into a frenzy these days.
- theBobMcCormick 17y agoI'm certain he's aware of it. I'm certain he's also aware that you can easily get to porn on an iPhone using Mobile Safari. Much more easily than installing an non-Market app like Mikandi and then using it to find porn. Hell there are even a rather astonishing number of porn sites that seem to specialize in iPhone optimized content. So given all that, you have to wonder why does he even bother to mention Android at all, especially considering that the Android Market prohibits porn just like the Apple App store. You've got to be incredibly naive, or deliberately disingenuous to claim it doesn't sound like a deliberate attempt to slander his competition. Kind of like the old political routine of asking your opponent when he stopped beating his wife. :-)
- GHFigs 17y agoYou've got to be incredibly naive, or deliberately disingenuous to claim it doesn't sound like a deliberate attempt to slander his competition. I'm sorry you feel that way, but I believe you're wrong in your interpretation. You won't hear anymore about it.
- brazzy 17y agoIt's bad if a substantial number of people feel that porn is bad, or at least claim to feel so (which is pretty much a given) and can be made to think that "porn is the only reason to prefer Android over Apple" (which the statement can be read to imply). But I don't think that a large enough section of the general populace pays attention to Steve Jobs' every utterance to make this statement problematic in that regard. But it could be a pretty nasty way to run a reverse astroturfing campaign.