Apple Adding a “Explicit” Category in the App Store?

Well, if you haven’t heard already, Apple recently added a new category to the App Store labeled as “explicit”…and then…took it down. It seems as though Apple created the “explicit” category in the App Store to house some of the content of its massive early spring cleaning of applications (some 5,000+ apps!) that were determined by the App Store rating team as “overtly sexual” due to some complaints made by some people who apparently found the content objectionable (which most of the stuff was pretty subtle, but hey, I’m one person…) and some parents who were concerned about the content being looked at by the younger people of the world (which is understandable, but that’s why there’s parental controls on the iPhone. Yet again…I’m just one person) The folks over at Cult of Mac was the first to actually publicize the find, with everyone speculating that Apple was going to create an “adult only” section of the App Store. However, Apple did away with the category labeling altogether stating to one dev that the company is thinking about adding the category in the future, but not forgetting to say “but it’s not gonna happen anytime soon.” Now, in light of Apple’s recent and excessive use of the “delete” button for these apps, some adult applications remain on the App Store unscathed, such as the Playboy app. Senior Vice President of Apple Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller told the New York Times that Apple has decided that well-known, established brands (which Playboy is) would allow to keep its place in the App Store.


Quelle: MacApper
Autor:Kerri

Datum: Sonntag, 28. Februar 2010 20:37