Apple Fears Parental Control

Seriously Steve, what is the worst that could happen?

Reports indicate that the main reason why Apple decided to go with a full app purge in an act to remove explicit and mature content was triggered by plenty of strong complaints from parents. What did Apple fear? After all, the complaints are hardly anything to worry about, and at the end of the day, Apple has the final say on what goes at the App store. From a consumer standpoint, what is the worry about a few irate parents? None of these individuals have a real case against Apple, not will they cease to be Apple customers.

Parents have to grow up so that they will realize that it is they who are responsible for educating, and teaching their children in order to ensure that they grow up properly. In fact, these very same parents are deeply at fault for being the ones who enabled their children to access the app store in the first place. The App store requires a credit card for signing up, which means that no minor could have been able to access the online store.

So now, we say goodbye to over five thousand iPhone apps such as Jon Atherton’s “Wobble iBoobs” breast jiggling application. There is nothing profound about these apps, but they are incredibly amusing and interesting -which makes it a serious loss that Apple has taken them all offline.

Adding insult to injury is the fact that Apple is setting double standards. Playboy and Sports Illustrated applications are still available online at the store. Which means that there is an app or developer bias that is going on; this will certainly earn the ire of many app developers in the long run.

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