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Minors don't have the same freedoms as adults, that's simply a social reality - they can't vote, can't drink, can't purchase cigarettes, can't enter into contra
by jfager 16y ago
Minors don't have the same freedoms as adults, that's simply a social reality - they can't vote, can't drink, can't purchase cigarettes, can't enter into contracts, etc. Parental controls help protect a parent's freedom to raise their children as they see fit.
I'm not claiming that the porn app restriction is increasing people's freedom. I'm claiming that when Jobs refers to "freedom from porn", he's referring to blocking the malicious pornographic adware that plagues exploited Windows machines, and providing effective parental controls.
- WiseWeasel 16y agoSo why can't an adult install a porn app, to use this lame red herring? Why can't there be a parental control giving the parent the decision of whether or not to install porn? Why couldn't there be an alternative to the App Store, where you can buy a porn app, but simply have a parental control to disable access to apps not from the App Store? The power over the decision of which content is appropriate lies with the parents, not with the platform vendor.
- jfager 16y agoFine, there should be porn in the App Store, whatever. I'm just pointing out that it's stupid to act like Jobs was trying to say "you have more freedom because we prevent you from looking at porn".