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> how many mainstream platforms and physical stores allow porn to be prominent Less than 15 years ago, it used to be common in UK supermarkets for there to be
by oarsinsync 7y ago
> how many mainstream platforms and physical stores allow porn to be prominent
Less than 15 years ago, it used to be common in UK supermarkets for there to be a section at the entrance dedicated to newspapers and magazines. A good section of the top shelf would feature porn magazines. The printed covers of the magazines would generally be masked with some cardboard, so you couldn't see the explicit content by mistake, but could still see the title of the magazine.
Print media is generally in decline, so these sections no longer exist in quite the same form as they used to in supermarkets, but this is as prominent as it needs to be. In the past, this meant it was (literally) out of reach of children, but still readily available to adults, and only if they reach for it.
Why isn't that acceptable anymore?
- scarface74 7y agoCan you buy anything pornographic at Walmart? The various console digital stores?
- Nullabillity 7y agoDoes Walmart try to prevent you from stuffing anything from Target into the same fridge?
- scarface74 7y agoWell seeing that the iPhone is an integrated platform phone + marketplace just like a console + marketplace, when people buy an iPhone they know what tradeoffs their making. Just like if you don’t like one console makers platform you have two more to choose from, if you don’t like Apple’s you have another one to choose from - the same one chosen by 85% of the market.
- Nullabillity 7y agoGreat, I can pick whether to die by the plague or cholera. The free market is wonderful! And now COVID-19 is giving us consumers even more choices!
- scarface74 7y agoIt’s better than the government intervening. I can change phone platforms a lot easier than I can change governments. Besides, neither Google nor Apple can take my liberty or property.....