Apple Bans Over 5000 Apps: No Bikinis, No Skin, No Innuendo

Apple has removed over 5000 applications from the App Store while dictating a new set of rules which bans all sexual apps, according to Jon Atherton developer of the popular Wobble application.

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I have spoken with Apple, and the following are the new rules:

1. No images of women in bikinis (Ice skating tights are not OK either)
2. No images of men in bikinis! (I didn’t ask about Ice Skating tights for men)
3. No skin (he seriously said this) (I asked if a Burqa was OK, and the Apple guy got angry)
4. No silhouettes that indicate that Wobble can be used for wobbling boobs (yes – I am serious, we have to remove the silhouette in this pic)
5. No sexual connotations or innuendo: boobs, babes, booty, sex – all banned
6. Nothing that can be sexually arousing!! (I doubt many people could get aroused with the pic above but those puritanical guys at Apple must get off on pretty mundane things to find Wobble “overtly sexual!)
7. No apps will be approved that in any way imply sexual content (not sure how Playboy is still in the store, but …)
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It would be easy to write a thousand words about how ridiculous this is, especially considering that the iPhone offers parental controls and these applications are already rated accordingly.

It is interesting that Playboy and Sports Illustrated are still present in the App Store. Perhaps Apple only wants to squash the livelihood of developers that can't afford to respond with legal action.

Congratulations Apple! You just made Microsoft look good

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