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[shawn92780]

This is NOT the first application with nudity. For several months I have seen lots of nudity posted on other 'social' site apps.

[u1234]

Shawn92780 does have a point that we have seen others . This and all other "dirty" apps need to be taken off the store because apple took down other dirty things. I;m glad that American can be moral in an app store when a baby shaking app is pulled and bibles app are not forced to be deleted. This is what America should be like towards other media.

[itsmenyc]

It seems to me that if you were a serious journalist, you would have mentioned that things have changed now with the 3.0 iPhone software upgrade. People now have the choice of restricting apps on their or their children's iPhones and iPod touches. Apps will be rated now. Because of that Apple will probably have a different approval process.

[Florence]

This is sad, sick, and stupid. Men who look at pornography are idiots who didn't breast-feed long enough, and who have no clue about actual relationships or anything other than "bodies" - women's bodies, their own bodies, their own lattes, their own abs, their own "apps" ( <-- cutesy word). America is going downhill fast. It may be too late.

[Wiseman]

I myself am a guy and I look at this acticle sadly for the amount of people in the world that have downloaded it and actually like it. To me porn is cruel and crude. Half the time the women in the pictures dont want to be there but have to make ends meet. The money is in the business for the men like to stare and these naked women who sometimes do things I dont even want to think about. (I proudly say I am not one of them) This just shows that the porn industry is becoming more prodominate and accepted by the general American Public.

Z

[mrwhite]

It appears to be gone from the app store.

[Welkom]

Yes, men who look at pornography are pathetic, hollow losers. So are the women who pose for it. So are the photographers to shoot it, the distributors who promote it, and so is the public who tolerates it. This stuff is more addictive than many illegal drugs. It perverts intimacy and objectifies humanity. It's disgusting and indecent and isn't free speech. It's criminal.

[DTNick]

@itsmenyc: Two things:

-As David mentions, Apple's been, well, inconsistent in its enforcement of the app store guidelines. We've seen apps posted that shouldn't have been (baby shaker), and apps rejected that shouldn't have been (twitter apps, dictionary apps, etc... that just happen to let you view content that may contain profanity, just like any web browser out there). I wouldn't be shocked if this was another oopsie.

-There will be complaints. Make no doubt about it. People will complain, and Apple will have to appease them. I mean, look at this thread, where both women and men take exception to this app.

[TheMurph]

itsmenyc,

Thanks for the comment. I'm not ignorant of the ratings and parental controls that the iPhone/iPod Touch now has. The point is more that the application--and any application--could very easily pull a bait-and-switch to inject different content into its application than what was there as Apple reviewed it. Either way, the new categorical guidelines (as mentioned in the end of the post) do suggest that Apple is perhaps relaxing its guidelines as a result of the new firmware's filtering mechanisms. Why else would apple suddenly create a sexual/nudity rule?

Still, the argument still holds -- what to do about apps that float into a "PG-13" category upon release, but add additional content server-side that push into more mature territory?

[TheMurph]

mrwhite,

Nope! Still there. http://itunes.apple....314312901&mt=8. Although strangely, you can't find "hottest girls" in a search anymore...

[bobbyjanniro]

hahahaha...

I usually use a website for my on the go needs but ill def have to check this on out. Hope it lasts.

[KenHigdon]

I think everyone needs to calm down. Please go toot your moral horn somewhere else. I am a frequently nude model for the art classes at the local university. I am a male. Porn and nudity are completely different things. Another note, arguments can be made intelligently. By which I mean please refrain from the slander and over generalization of the males or females in our society.

[AntonGemini]

It's indeed removed from the Store. It can only be accessed via direct URL now. It was also listed as #2 in the most popular paid apps in the Lifestyle section and it's not there anymore. I was curious to see how long it would take before it became the #1 selling app in the whole store, but that's not happening now. It's also no longer listed under the company name. The company's other apps are still there, but not this one. It's just a matter of time before the direct URL stops working as well I'm sure. And if they did indeed sneak this by Apple, it would not surprise me if they cancel their developer account and remove all their apps from the store. I'm sure they're checking with their legal department as we speak. I originally thought Apple had approved it as an update, but it seems it's not the case.

[WLTom]

I can't believe that in this era people are still upset at adults looking at adult based materials. Let's keep the conversation about the concept of adult apps because that is what is relevant.
We've been trying to get an app developed for the iphone for quite some time but unfortunately apple wants to take a holier than thou approach to these things. That with apple's interoperability stance is going to be the reason why open sourced open content platforms like Google will take over. Apple has a headstart and their phones are superior, but you can't be superior forever. In the meantime, if you want porn over your iphone just go to all of the iphone optimized websites like http://m.wantedlist.com/ and you can get your fill that way. With the 3G network you don't even need an app to get porn the way you want it anymore.

[techchick]

Sorry to say this, but this is a discussion that can only be made in the US. Europeans would act totally different.
I think it's fun. :-)

[Wiseman]

KenHigdon,

I hope I did not slander what you do in anyway and if I did I am truly sorry. I must make my latest statement clear. Porn, nudity in the form of pleasuring male or female watchers, lookers, I completly disagree with. On your hand nudity in the form of art, painting, drawing, ect. is socially acceptable.

I hope this cleared my opinion up for you.

Z

[evra]

hah.
Oh Florence, it's so cute when women play the fake-feminist act.
If what you're really calling for is curtailment of other's personal freedoms (that cause no direct physical or financial harm to anyone else) based on your morals, then you have a seriously perverted idea of how america 'should' be. Don't like the app? Don't use the app. It's Just That Easy.

"Won't Somebody Think of the Children" has never been anything but a vessel for others self-righteous sense of outrage.

[itsmenyc]

I never disagreed with Apple's approval inconsistencies As you say yourself, you will always find people who like or dislike an app, so someone will always complain.

I was talking about the fact that the author never brought up the fact that Apple has now introduced Parent Approval and App Ratings. Two things that are very pertinent to the discussion. The result is that the author comes off as being very uninformed.

[itsmenyc]

You are right, America is going downhill fast, but you can thank America's warped version of feminism for that.