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> “Pornography apps are available on iPhone from other marketplaces – apps we’ve never allowed on the App Store because of the risks they create, especially for

> “Pornography apps are available on iPhone from other marketplaces – apps we’ve never allowed on the App Store because of the risks they create, especially for children,” Why are they going to this now ? Nobody is holding apple responsible for that. It's just another 'think of the children' fear mongering while with the other face they want to be able to record everything without explicit consent or with some guadrails ? Apple can adapt if they want to participate in the EU market, like others have. They seem to think that it works like their lobby groups in the US. Just waiting for Macron to receive an expensive plaque from 'Tim Apple'.

ryanmcbride 1y ago
Eh it's not new, Apple is pretty much the reason tumblr got rid of nsfw content (I've heard it's sort of back now but idk I'm never going back to tumblr). It's why even if an app in the app store is rated 17+ it still can't really have nudity in it.
- general1465 1y ago
  Then why Reddit and Twitter continue to have NSFW? Why I can open Safari and see porn if I want to? Should not be that removed from AppStore and iOS as well?
  - ryanmcbride 1y ago
    Because apple enforces things asymmetrically based on where the eye of the conservative news cycle is. NSFW content for tons of apps is buried in account settings that can't be changed from the iphone app but have to be changed from the browser. They've been doing this for a damn decade bro.
thewebguyd 1y ago
The porn thing is unsurprising. Apple is notoriously picky about their brand image and what their devices can be used for, or seen being used for (famously, to use iPhones in movies they are not allowed to be used by villains).
- literallywho 1y ago
  Is the movie thing even actually true? I was watching HBO's The Penguin recently and all characters are using iPhones (not in every scene, phones keep changing, but in many scenes it's clearly an iPhone), including the Penguin himself and his direct rival. Unless Apple makes a distinction for tv shows for some reason.
  - shagie 1y ago
    https://people.com/apple-no-villain-clause-for-iphones-onscreen-8701882 https://people.com/apple-no-villain-clause-for-iphones-onscr... Is it specifically an iPhone? Is the Apple logo visible in any screen? Or is it something like https://www.theearlhayspress.com https://www.theearlhayspress.com (Adam Savage's Tested - https://youtu.be/0TS6x8dK2u0 https://youtu.be/0TS6x8dK2u0 )

ryanmcbride 1y ago

Eh it's not new, Apple is pretty much the reason tumblr got rid of nsfw content (I've heard it's sort of back now but idk I'm never going back to tumblr). It's why even if an app in the app store is rated 17+ it still can't really have nudity in it.

general1465 1y ago
Then why Reddit and Twitter continue to have NSFW? Why I can open Safari and see porn if I want to? Should not be that removed from AppStore and iOS as well?
- ryanmcbride 1y ago
  Because apple enforces things asymmetrically based on where the eye of the conservative news cycle is. NSFW content for tons of apps is buried in account settings that can't be changed from the iphone app but have to be changed from the browser. They've been doing this for a damn decade bro.

thewebguyd 1y ago

The porn thing is unsurprising. Apple is notoriously picky about their brand image and what their devices can be used for, or seen being used for (famously, to use iPhones in movies they are not allowed to be used by villains).

literallywho 1y ago
Is the movie thing even actually true? I was watching HBO's The Penguin recently and all characters are using iPhones (not in every scene, phones keep changing, but in many scenes it's clearly an iPhone), including the Penguin himself and his direct rival. Unless Apple makes a distinction for tv shows for some reason.
- shagie 1y ago
  https://people.com/apple-no-villain-clause-for-iphones-onscreen-8701882 https://people.com/apple-no-villain-clause-for-iphones-onscr... Is it specifically an iPhone? Is the Apple logo visible in any screen? Or is it something like https://www.theearlhayspress.com https://www.theearlhayspress.com (Adam Savage's Tested - https://youtu.be/0TS6x8dK2u0 https://youtu.be/0TS6x8dK2u0 )