I'm just waiting for the biggest source of pron to be eliminated on the iPhone- The Safari Browser.
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:16 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:14 AM, b_s-wilk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What Apple is doing with the iTunes App Store is selling what they want > in > > their own store. If you want something else, go to Cydia. > > Yes, Apple does not want to be associated with the dissemination of > products that they construe to be potentially associated with > pornography under the laws of the United States. That is a legal > and/or moral position that they have taken. Apple does not want such > products to be able to operate on their devices that employ their > operating system, thus they have decided to ban such applications from > their store. Apple is making some mistakes in how they are > implementing this ban, in some cases allowing major players to slide > by while banning the minors even though their content may be far less > objectionable. > > In this arena, Apple appears to have fallen into step with the > uber-conservative mindset, and many feel that such a stance runs > counter to the concept that Apple has traditionally adhered to, that > being something for the "rest of us." Maybe there is no "rest of us" > anymore, or at least not in a form that dares to be in the public eye. > Seen any big war protests lately? Maybe 9/11 has changed us more > than we have fully realized. Maybe McCarthyism is making a comeback > as many are saying, and you are either with us or against us as a > recent President intoned as an implied warning. > > With technology being what it is today, a lot of folks are claiming > that Apple could have taken a different approach to this issue of > applications. Perhaps so, but Apple decided to go with the blunt > force method which usually works pretty damn well, objectionable as it > may be to many. > > Steve > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
