Apple has the biggest app store in the known galaxy. Sixty thousand apps and perhaps 1.5 billion downloads by now I reckon. So it stands that there would be apps that service those who have no need for games, productivity, and all those farting apps.
There has been quite a bit of headlines lately on mobile and Apple blogs about app rejections that borderline on apps providing porn or outright porn material. I just don't get this. I don't get Apple rejecting porn apps and why people need to have porn on the mobile phones and devices.
So if anyone can explain it to me, please do. For that matter, I don't understand porn in hi-def either. That's another matter I suppose.
Suffice to say, this isn't an Apple specific issue but one for the whole market. I'm not for apps that provide porn in one matter or another but I am definitely against anyone trying to censor or lock out apps of these kind. Perhaps it is a first amendment matter but perhaps companies shouldn't fear porn appearing on their mobile platform. Whether they like it or not, porn is ubiquitous and folks can get it via the browser.
Would Apple be sued for this someday? Well, if not for the sake of the mobile warriors who want porn apps, at the very least, a lawsuit would get Apple to explain more about their app approval (or disapproval) process that doesn't make sense to some.
Note: I don't know of porn games for the PC, consoles, or handheld games in the US. I am sure there are in other countries. Suppose if people want to bring those games to the US and Sony, Nintendo, or Microsoft were to attempt to block their releases, would that be a bigger issue than it is now with mobile apps?
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