Apple Prepping 'Explicit' Category for App Store
MacStories.net has discovered two new categories in iTunes that are currently unpopulated: Top Explicit Paid Software and Top Explicit iPad Software (iTunes links). The new categories confirm previous reports that Apple was working on adding such a category to iTunes.
The move appears to reverse a recent policy shift of Apple's to remove all sexually suggestive materials from the App Store. Those removals were reportedly secondary to customer complaints about the growing number of such apps.
It's not clear when (or even if) Apple will launch the new category of Apps.
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28 months ago
Interesting. They really need to make up their mind if they want these type of apps or not.
28 months ago
Interesting. They really need to make up their mind if they want these type of apps or not.
I'd say this means they have.
28 months ago
Come on Apple. Take a stand against this kind of filth.
Spineless.
Why can't people have a choice?
28 months ago
So will the whiners finally shut up? Or will they find something new to complain about?
28 months ago
Bad idea to have this category.
You just can't be sure who's buying them. You don't want young children to accidentally download something.
I hope they show some sense here.
I't not a dirt issue, it's an age issue.
You just can't be sure who's buying them. You don't want young children to accidentally download something.
I hope they show some sense here.
I't not a dirt issue, it's an age issue.
28 months ago
Bad idea to have this category.
You just can't be sure who's buying them. You don't want young children to accidentally download something.
I hope they show some sense here.
Parental Controls.
Next!
28 months ago
Parental Controls.
Next!
Yeah that's right. I dont' know how that works or if it's effective, but I suppose it could be.
Nevermind. :)
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