Freedom From Porn Punks the iPad
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People from Freedom From Porn are upset they can’t get porn on their iPad.
Tags: apple, iPad, porn, steve jobs
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Seriously fuck Steve Jobs and his moral superiority. We all just prove our shallow lust for style when we allow this douche bag to tell us that porn isn’t correct and then rush out and by every last pretty shiny gadget he offers up. I’m as guilty as the next person. Microsoft’s great crime was to include a browser – a mother f*king browser! Apple has decided to act as a guardian of content. A censor of access. At what point will FOF fall under the axe?
Fear not, it won’t be Apple that does us in.
Forgot to mention that I’ve been thinking of doing something similar to the iPad bus shelter ads in the Castro but with gay sites that would be blocked from apps. Glad these boys did it. Sadly my energy for executing civil disobedience and activism through vandalism are in the past.
I don’t get what they’re protesting about. You can view/download porn on any apple product.
This about the app store’s no-porn policies? Think of it like any other media store. You’re not going to go into Blockbusters (couldn’t think of a good example), and start bitching about them censoring your right to get porn.
It’s not an adultshop. If you don’t like it, Jailbreak.
If they start removing all gay media like FoF then there will be trouble.
There’s not going to be any trouble- we provide real content. We aren’t some fluff app with no point beyond titillation.
The “anti-pron” idea comes from a heated, unofficial email exchange between the company’s CEO Steve Jobs and a blogger. Their official stance on the matter is different.
If Playboy magazine can have an iPhone app, then obviously there are porn apps on the iTunes store. It’s more for spammy apps that entice people to download by using porn images and don’t really provide any real value (not even as pron.)
Blame spammers, not Apple for this.