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While your complaint about Apple is generally true... If you'd read the article, you'd see that it's because Apple hasn't supported SBS video - one of the most

While your complaint about Apple is generally true... If you'd read the article, you'd see that it's because Apple hasn't supported SBS video - one of the most common 3d video technologies. It has nothing to do with imposing values. No reason has been given, although "SBS isn't supported to keep porn off their platform" is ludicrous conspiracy.

jacquesm 3y ago
It's not a conspiracy, if there is an avenue through which porn could make it onto their platform and Apple has control over that avenue it will be closed. In software, in hardware or through the TOS and a review process. You can count on it.
- blueblob 3y ago
  Ah yes, because they blocked porn sites in the safari browser and default hosts files, right? Or maybe they don't have control of those?
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    If they could, they would.
- nickthegreek 3y ago
  A web browser allows porn on your platform. So Apple has failed since the launch of the iPhone to do this. A Developer creating an app that plays Side-by-side 3d Videos is perfectly allowed by ToS.
  - int_19h 3y ago
    If Apple could get rid of web browser in lieu of having everything done via apps, they most certainly would.
- nerdjon 3y ago
  I have porn on my iCloud Drive, photos, even within certain apps (well... adult but not porn. at what point does someone sending you a photo change to porn?), and through the browser. This is factually untrue. While the puritanical nature of the App Store is weird, particularly when they have no issue with drug and sex references in their keynotes. You are way off.
adrian_b 3y ago
The fact that SBS, which is the most popular format for 3D movies, not necessarily porn movies, is not supported in a product advertised for its 3D capabilities, after so much time that has been used for preparing its software for the official launch, does not have any decent explanation. Perhaps they did not use specifically porn as the reason for not supporting it, but in any case this is hard to explain otherwise than a measure to make difficult the use of any content that is not provided through Apple, i.e. if this is not anti-porn it is at least an anti-competitive measure.
- crazygringo 3y ago
  It's the same reason that YouTube VR videos aren't supported. From what I've gathered, it's basically that they're mostly too low quality, compared to the AVP's resolution. Apple wants to limit video to only a super premium experience, which they seem to be working on but it hasn't been launched yet. In other words, they don't want the VR video experience to be the same as 4K or 8K SBS on a Quest 3, because then you'll just buy a Quest instead. I'm not defending this, but I am saying there's a logic to it. The AVP isn't anti-porn (I'm sure you can watch the regular 2D kind on the web just fine, Apple isn't limiting your content there), nor is it anti-competitive. It's just not implementing a feature.
  - dylan-m 3y ago
    Quality is a pretty good guess, there. I know nothing about porn, but I've watched a few VR-first films. In my mind, the only good attempt at the genre has been a ten minute real-time rendered thing that invites the viewer to come sit down and look around the room while the story happens around them. Small scale. But it makes sense to me. Flat screen cinema didn't start with Lord of the Rings. Even if it was technically possible, that would have been a disaster. It's very tempting for a filmmaker to carry whatever techniques they are used to in traditional film and use a fancy camera to make it "VR". It takes a long time for the lessons we've learned to actually take root so we can tell a story without throwing the viewer around in some gravity-defying kaleidoscope of headaches. Apple is up against a widespread misconception that VR means motion sickness for a huge number of people. Largely because of cheap garbage like Gear VR, and content designed for it.

jacquesm 3y ago

It's not a conspiracy, if there is an avenue through which porn could make it onto their platform and Apple has control over that avenue it will be closed. In software, in hardware or through the TOS and a review process. You can count on it.

blueblob 3y ago
Ah yes, because they blocked porn sites in the safari browser and default hosts files, right? Or maybe they don't have control of those?
- jacquesm 3y ago
  If they could, they would.
nickthegreek 3y ago
A web browser allows porn on your platform. So Apple has failed since the launch of the iPhone to do this. A Developer creating an app that plays Side-by-side 3d Videos is perfectly allowed by ToS.
- int_19h 3y ago
  If Apple could get rid of web browser in lieu of having everything done via apps, they most certainly would.
nerdjon 3y ago
I have porn on my iCloud Drive, photos, even within certain apps (well... adult but not porn. at what point does someone sending you a photo change to porn?), and through the browser. This is factually untrue. While the puritanical nature of the App Store is weird, particularly when they have no issue with drug and sex references in their keynotes. You are way off.

adrian_b 3y ago

The fact that SBS, which is the most popular format for 3D movies, not necessarily porn movies, is not supported in a product advertised for its 3D capabilities, after so much time that has been used for preparing its software for the official launch, does not have any decent explanation. Perhaps they did not use specifically porn as the reason for not supporting it, but in any case this is hard to explain otherwise than a measure to make difficult the use of any content that is not provided through Apple, i.e. if this is not anti-porn it is at least an anti-competitive measure.

crazygringo 3y ago
It's the same reason that YouTube VR videos aren't supported. From what I've gathered, it's basically that they're mostly too low quality, compared to the AVP's resolution. Apple wants to limit video to only a super premium experience, which they seem to be working on but it hasn't been launched yet. In other words, they don't want the VR video experience to be the same as 4K or 8K SBS on a Quest 3, because then you'll just buy a Quest instead. I'm not defending this, but I am saying there's a logic to it. The AVP isn't anti-porn (I'm sure you can watch the regular 2D kind on the web just fine, Apple isn't limiting your content there), nor is it anti-competitive. It's just not implementing a feature.
- dylan-m 3y ago
  Quality is a pretty good guess, there. I know nothing about porn, but I've watched a few VR-first films. In my mind, the only good attempt at the genre has been a ten minute real-time rendered thing that invites the viewer to come sit down and look around the room while the story happens around them. Small scale. But it makes sense to me. Flat screen cinema didn't start with Lord of the Rings. Even if it was technically possible, that would have been a disaster. It's very tempting for a filmmaker to carry whatever techniques they are used to in traditional film and use a fancy camera to make it "VR". It takes a long time for the lessons we've learned to actually take root so we can tell a story without throwing the viewer around in some gravity-defying kaleidoscope of headaches. Apple is up against a widespread misconception that VR means motion sickness for a huge number of people. Largely because of cheap garbage like Gear VR, and content designed for it.