Reason Apple Banned Objectionable Apps
I knew it: “Look,” the high-ranking Apple representative said, “We give away a free porn hose with every iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s called ‘Safari.’ Did you knew there’s a search engine in there? Try typing ‘porn’ into it. Or ‘bikini.’ Or ‘all-girl MILF dildo gangbang.’ Seriously, there’s everything you want to see and lots of stuff you don’t ever want to see.” The concern over bikini apps apparently goes straight to the top of Apple. “We showed the sales reports to Steve [Jobs] and he was shocked and alarmed by the number of people downloading apps with ‘boobs’ in the title,” said my anonymous and completely made-up contact. “He said, ‘Don’t people know they can get this stuff for free?’ You know Steve, he’s all about user interface. We considered changing the App Store so that when you enter ‘boobs’ it says, ‘The web is that way, stupid!’ We also thought maybe we should change the browser’s name from ‘Safari’ to ‘SexSurf’ or ‘NudeWeb’ or possibly ‘More Naked Pictures Than Any One Human Being Could View in a Hundred Lifetimes.’ In the end, we decided that you can only hold someone’s hand so far, especially when you don’t know where that hand’s been. “I swear,” my contact continued, downing another shot of cheap Scotch. “We even made it so you can turn web pages into apps. Little rounded rectangles of titillation, right there on your screen!” via Wired
