Re:No Sex Please, We’re Apple: iPhone Giant Seeks TV Success...
by Mindwipe on Sunday September 23, 2018 @05:56AM
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Yes it is. Apple block stacks of content on iOS, and heavily restrict any mechanisms for people to access them otherwise.
Social networking sites for BDSM sexual minorities are banned from the app store. Sites like Comixology frequently delist books from their app because they're terrified of Apple's arbitrary and capricious censorship deleting them off the platform entirely, despite the fact they don't even accept payments via any Apple systems. They block sexual health education apps.
Apple is very interested in restricting people's access to sexual content and to sexual minorities that Tim Cook isn't a member of.
Re:No Sex Please, We’re Apple: iPhone Giant Seeks TV Success...
by alsetmusic on Sunday September 23, 2018 @09:57AM
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That’s a brand issue again. The App Store is hosted by Apple. They choose not to host certain content. That’s not the same as restricting access. You can fire up any number of BDSM sites in your browser.
Re:No Sex Please, We’re Apple: iPhone Giant Seeks TV Success...
by drb91 on Sunday September 23, 2018 @12:42PM
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Last i checked my phone was more than a browser. They’re restricting access to app installation.
Re:No Sex Please, We’re Apple: iPhone Giant Seeks TV Success...
by daveFNbuck on Sunday September 23, 2018 @10:50AM
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Yes, that's my point.
Apple isn’t interested in restricting your access. They’re interested in brand association. Nobody conflates Apple’s Sari browser with adult content.
This is about Apple producing or licensing content. They don’t want their name, logo, or brand associated with certain content. It will limit their ability to ship content like Game of Thrones, but it’s not about blocking content produced by third parties.