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They could pretty easily block the 100 most popular porn sites in Safari if they cared to. This wouldn't be 100% effective, but it would do something if that we

They could pretty easily block the 100 most popular porn sites in Safari if they cared to. This wouldn't be 100% effective, but it would do something if that were their goal. Restricting people to the app store where they get a cut of all sales is a business choice, not a moral one. They get more money when you can only buy stuff in the way that gives them money.

alsetmusic 8y ago
Let’s get this said early in the conversation. Apple isn’t interested in restricting your access. They’re interested in brand association. Nobody conflates Apple’s Sari browser with adult content. This is about Apple producing or licensing content. They don’t want their name, logo, or brand associated with certain content. It will limit their ability to ship content like Game of Thrones, but it’s not about blocking content produced by third parties.
- Mindwipe 8y ago
  Yes it is. Apple block stacks of content on iOS, and heavily restrict any mechanisms for people to access them otherwise. Social networking sites for BDSM sexual minorities are banned from the app store. Sites like Comixology frequently delist books from their app because they're terrified of Apple's arbitrary and capricious censorship deleting them off the platform entirely, despite the fact they don't even accept payments via any Apple systems. They block sexual health education apps. Apple is very interested in restricting people's access to sexual content and to sexual minorities that Tim Cook isn't a member of.
  - alsetmusic 8y ago
    That’s a brand issue again. The App Store is hosted by Apple. They choose not to host certain content. That’s not the same as restricting access. You can fire up any number of BDSM sites in your browser.
    - drb91 8y ago
      Last i checked my phone was more than a browser. They’re restricting access to app installation.
- daveFNbuck 8y ago
  Yes, that's my point.
drb91 8y ago
Blocking the top 100 most porn sites would do nothing because it’s incredibly cheap to register a new domain name. My point was more that it’s silly to even consider it as a possibility. And just because this was a business decision doesn’t mean it’s not a moral one—they’re emphatically against you using your own device to your own ends.
- daveFNbuck 8y ago
  Blocking the top 100 most popular porn sites would make it harder for users to reach those sites. It would harm he porn sites that they were morally fighting against by rendering their valuable domain names useless for a lot of users. It's not silly just because it's not 100% effective. If they were emphatically against you using your device to your own ends, they would do something in the browser.
  - drb91 8y ago
    > If they were emphatically against you using your device to your own ends, they would do something in the browser. I can't say I care much about their intentions. I can say that they are preventing me from using my device very effectively.

alsetmusic 8y ago

Let’s get this said early in the conversation. Apple isn’t interested in restricting your access. They’re interested in brand association. Nobody conflates Apple’s Sari browser with adult content. This is about Apple producing or licensing content. They don’t want their name, logo, or brand associated with certain content. It will limit their ability to ship content like Game of Thrones, but it’s not about blocking content produced by third parties.

Mindwipe 8y ago
Yes it is. Apple block stacks of content on iOS, and heavily restrict any mechanisms for people to access them otherwise. Social networking sites for BDSM sexual minorities are banned from the app store. Sites like Comixology frequently delist books from their app because they're terrified of Apple's arbitrary and capricious censorship deleting them off the platform entirely, despite the fact they don't even accept payments via any Apple systems. They block sexual health education apps. Apple is very interested in restricting people's access to sexual content and to sexual minorities that Tim Cook isn't a member of.
- alsetmusic 8y ago
  That’s a brand issue again. The App Store is hosted by Apple. They choose not to host certain content. That’s not the same as restricting access. You can fire up any number of BDSM sites in your browser.
  - drb91 8y ago
    Last i checked my phone was more than a browser. They’re restricting access to app installation.
daveFNbuck 8y ago
Yes, that's my point.

drb91 8y ago

Blocking the top 100 most porn sites would do nothing because it’s incredibly cheap to register a new domain name. My point was more that it’s silly to even consider it as a possibility. And just because this was a business decision doesn’t mean it’s not a moral one—they’re emphatically against you using your own device to your own ends.

daveFNbuck 8y ago
Blocking the top 100 most popular porn sites would make it harder for users to reach those sites. It would harm he porn sites that they were morally fighting against by rendering their valuable domain names useless for a lot of users. It's not silly just because it's not 100% effective. If they were emphatically against you using your device to your own ends, they would do something in the browser.
- drb91 8y ago
  > If they were emphatically against you using your device to your own ends, they would do something in the browser. I can't say I care much about their intentions. I can say that they are preventing me from using my device very effectively.