Danish newspaper protests App Store censorship

I don't know about anyone else, but I was more interested in finding out who the girl in the picture was.

Gabriella, 19 from Vejle

http://ekstrabladet.dk/side9/side9artikler/article1463808.ece

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Apple is guilty of censorship. The app store does not take into account the fact that standards in other countries is very different that the US. I understand that the US is uptight, but this sort of decision makes everyone in the US look like an idiot. But, seriously, every time I update my CraigsList app I have to click through the "Over 18" warning! I'm tired of Apple being a net nanny. If Apple installed filters on the included iPad Safari browser and told you what you could and couldn't surf to, what would you say then? I can't see how this is any different. Shame on Apple!

I personally find it strange that one of the top technology companies on the planet can't figure out a way to let me choose.

If I want midget porn apps that involve grapefruit and aardvarks, then let me make that choice. If I want to read dirty words in a novel, or see a butt in a comic, let me make that choice.

Keep the app store clean, but give me access to all the apps that Jesus Jobs doesn't want on his phone. I mean, is this really that hard to implement?

All nudity is crap.

It corrupts our youth.

I was young once. I know.

I yearn for the day I can become uncorrupted.

But alas. The sight of all that skin on a body has ruined me forever.

I've subscribed to 'The Sun' ipad app for the past 6 months and have seen naked boobies on their page 3 girl 5 times a week.... but then again, Murdoch is Steve Jobs friend, n'est ce pas

Wow, that whole post was just you ranting, wasn't it? It's Apple's App Store, they put down guidelines, the tabloid submitted an app that was outside those lines, and Apple rejected it. Big whoop. They reject tons of apps for the same reason. It's not censorship, the tabloid just didn't realize until after they tried that they were going against the terms they agreed to. And nudity doesn't mean pornography, but Side 9 is definitely NOT the Little Mermaid. You can't tell me that topless women in a tabloid is completely innocent no matter how long they have run that particular section.

Maybe this junk newspaper is not cried after, but there are issues about the restrictions in the Apple AppStore!

At first I have to admit that the AppStore is Apple's child, and they can make rules whatever they want on their store.

BUT not allowing competitive stores is what makes these rules an issue!

Compare it to this (hypothetical) real world scenario:
I can't blame Walmart for not selling a certain product because it's against their moral codex (or whatever). But - as long as it's not illegal - I have the chance to buy it somewhere else in another shop across the street .

Apple should allow separate Stores for things they will not approve in their store!

Kind Regards!
Florian

Idiotic PR horsesh*t is what this amounts to for Apple. Apple feels it needs to put the "clean application frontend" on so that mothers will buy their sons and daughters iPhones and iPads - PERIOD. Have you looked at the content available in iTunes movies section? 'Nuff said.

So...

"Yes Timmy, you can download and watch American Psycho. Replay the, 'Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it' scene to your hearts content. See Timmy, even though we've given her the tools she needs to keep you from watching such a movie, indirectly, your Mommy can blame the Movie Industry instead of us, or worse, herself.

But NO! Bad Timmy! You may not see a picture of naked woman displayed within an iApplication. Why, you ask? Well you see Timmy, if we allowed that then then we would have no buffer zone of an external rating system. We'd be using one we created and managed. As such, even if we gave your Mommy the tools she needed to stop you from using such an Application, inderectly, your Mommy could blame us. But don't fret! She still wouldn't blame herself!"

The idiotic thing about this is that when the newspaper signs up with one of those magazine apps it probably is allowed on. Or via safari, or the rss feed. Not sure if their page 9 girl is in there. But chances are they have more of such content floating around from time to time.
So banning this app is really not useful.

@Mack The girls are not nude. Some of them are topless and some are not.