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Go to page two of the article, there's another comic that was accepted that has implicit sex and a nipple showing. "On a Picasa page, he posted some full pages

• starkfist 16y ago
  Apple doesn't censor comics that are purchased through iVerse. They censor the content being sold directly through the iTunes app store.
  • jfager 16y ago
    I don't understand why this distinction is important. You have to click past the same "Are you 17?" scare warning to download both apps that can access external content and apps that are adult-oriented by themselves, and both can be limited with parental controls. The former can access far more pornographic material than this, and yet Apple is going out of its way to black this material out? That makes zero sense.
    • starkfist 16y ago
      I don't know either, that's just the way it is.
    • ErrantX 16y ago
      Simple: they are hosting the material. Im sure if there was a way to apply censorship to material obtained in other ways they would do so. That is how they view the platform.
      • jfager 16y ago
        Okay, that's how Apple sees the platform, and it's their right. It's also my right to point out how ridiculous their policy is, to complain to them about it, and to try to convince others to do the same. If their goal is to be family-friendly, and they try to stay consistent with that goal with apps that can download external content by putting up a scare wall and adding parental controls, then it makes no sense at all to censor content hosted on their own servers when they can (and do) pass it through the exact same scare wall and parental controls.
        • ErrantX 16y ago
          Actually I see no clash there at all. Both get the same age warning, one is controlled by Apple so they can apply the level of censorship to it that they wish. Certainly we should be pointing out it's the wrong approach; but I see no ambiguity.
          • jfager 16y ago
            Pointing to a technical distinction that makes no real difference to a user's experience is just geek-wanking. Whether from a 3rd-party server or from Apple itself, if adult content ends up on a kid's screen, a parent somewhere is getting pissed, and if there's any company in the world that's going to be aware of this, it's Apple. They're obviously fine with the idea that age warnings and parental controls are sufficient for apps that can display 3rd-party-server content, and because they are, it's prima facie ridiculous that they would censor the same or similar content from their own servers that passes through the same age warning and parental controls.
            • ErrantX 16y ago
              I think we are talking past each other.. As far as I can see it Apple consider the two things discrete issues. They slap an age 17 warning on apps which give access to adult material. Plus content containing "pornography" on the App store is censored because they do not wish to distribute that content. Again; I see no ambiguity there. They're obviously fine with the idea that age warnings and parental controls are sufficient control for 3rd-party-server content Fin in the sense they host the apps, sure. Fine in the sense they approve of that whole idea? Probably not. But how do you practically censor those apps (on their policy) without hindering the web experience for others. I guess they accept the trade off :) but are they fine with it? Who knows. it's prima facie ridiculous that they would censor the same or similar content from their own servers. I don't buy that argument, indeed you even make the counter point. if adult content ends up on a kid's screen, a parent somewhere is getting pissed Apple are directly responsible for content on the App store. So, surely, to avoid this sort of ball ache their policy isn't ridiculous.
    • almost 16y ago
      Who cares? It's enough to make me think it's less about homophobia and more about Apple's prudishness. And that's enough for me not to give a crap.