Comments on: Apple confirms it banned iPhone porn app

Developer seemed to indicate he asked for his softcore porn iPhone app to be removed due to server overload, but Apple tells a different story.

[pghcraig1]

I think its more like this.

Apple is not a porn store.

A brick and mortar store has buyers who buy the merchandise they sell (that is made by other people.)

It would be the equivilent of Wal-Mart or Target having a porno section. Don't make it about censorship.

If you want porn on your iPhone, almost all the porn sites have created iPhone versions of their sites that almost function like an app, its just not physically on your phone.

And really... not to be crude, but do you really need porn on your phone? I know this is becoming a mobile world... people turn starbucks into their office every day, but do you want them to turn it into a porno booth too?

"Is that latte foam on your iPhone sir?"

[krosafcheg]

It's my damn phone, you bozo's! Besides, who under 18 is signing a contract for an iPhone in the first place. This isn't Utah!

[alchemistmuffin]

It's not your phone.

Remember, your phone IS SUBSIDIZED.

If you bought your iPhone with contract, then it's still at&t's iPhone for two years. You are simply borrowing it, and you pay for the full price of the phone via the intial 199 or 299, then the monthly plan for 2 years, which covers the cost of the phone in small amount.

If you jailbreak your phone, and at&t finds out, you have to return the phone, since you violated the contract. (yes, at&t will actually want the phone back now, to prevent any iPhones from being unlocked)

Because it's not your phone, you can't say "it's my damn phone" because it's not. It's at&t's phone.

[cvaldes1831]

krosafcheg,

Indeed your phone is subsidized by the carrier. After two years when your contract is normally up, it is entirely your phone.

In certain places on this planet, you can buy an iPhone unsubsidized (no contract) and again, it is totally your phone.

That said, in the contract, it probably doesn't say that you are renting a phone from AT&T. It probably says that if you don't uphold your contractual commitment, you will be assessed an early termination fee (which helps offset the carrier subsidy). I suppose if you refused to pay the early termination fee, AT&T could repo the phone, but most likely they would go after you through a collections agency for the ETF.

Concerning under-age iPhone usage, many parents are buying these devices for their children (which is why the device now has parental controls).

[tinlizziedl]

Apple owns the store, they decide what gets sold in it. If you don't like it, build your own device, sign your own contracts with a carrier, and sell what you want.

On the flip side, sex sells. It always has. It always will. Until the human race matures a bit more, there will be people who believe that the consensual viewing of so-called "Private Parts" is sinful and immoral, and therefore illegal. I'm looking forward to a world where Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough for Love" becomes a reality. I want to live in a society that is willing to realize and aknowledge the difference between informed consent and coersion. I personally don't believe we should be making judgement calls on behalf of other people. As for "underage" children- they are only "underage" because we have refused to deal with our sexual reality. Our society seems to believe that we can shelter them 100% from the two most important choices of our lives (when and with whom to have sex with), and then magically expect them to become wise at 18 or 21 years of age (years of ignorance is more accurate).

[empireofno]

good grief guys, are you THAT addicted to porn - and that lazy - that apple has to supply you with specialised tools to make your wankfests truly mobile? why is that apple's responsibility? just use safari if it's that important to you.

apple's under no obligation to dilute their brand by associating it with pornography distribution. if you don't like that then get a mobile running some other operating system. it's your problem - not apple's.

[sreid01]

That is sad that people are literally running to by a porn app. Come on people. <a href="http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1720261" >Full Simpsons Episode Downloads</a>

[SX10 IS]

Yay! We've got a bunch of perverts on this site! Hallelujah!

Seriously, who needs a softcore "app", go online nd get some free hardcore! :P

[Batotahell]

It's nice that Apple has decided you need a parent to monitor what you can or cannot see. Maybe we should ask Mommy and Daddy Apple when they are going to start paying the bill for our iPhones since they want control over them. Just one more reason I avoid Apple products.

[cherie_g]

Nudity and violence is allowed on the movies and games they sell in the iTunes stores, but a few naked photos in an app that is rated "NC-17" is pulled? That seems so silly. Hate to break this to you Apple, but your own app Safari allows porn and the rest.

~Cherie
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[tpsamguy]

Hey did anyone see the article on cnbc last night? I went to the website and they actually mentioned ipinkvisual.com. Very cool to know sites are still advancing and becoming more mainstream.

[istani123]

I did watch the CNBC, but a friend of mine told me about http://artemidavideos.com ... you will not find in iTunes or AppStore - it is just too hot :-)

[master11111]

So what, people can access porn as long as there is browser. Site like this, http://www.iphonepornclub.com, will proliferate.