It must not be magical... Apple censors adult titles from ibooks bestsellers list

[rockymtnhigh]

Gizmodo is reporting that Apple is apparently censoring three adult-oriented, erotic fiction, from its ibook bestsellers list.

Is Apple Censoring Their Book Store Bestseller List?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Apple is highly against any type of adult content or porn on its devices.

I guess the way they measure things is if it gives Steve and Erection then its not fit for use on an Apple device.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Apple is highly against any type of adult content or porn on its devices.

I guess the way they measure things is if it gives Steve and Erection then its not fit for use on an Apple device.

Nice. Its the Jobs test.

 

[yourbeliefs]

Last I checked, Apple had a very popular porn app called the Safari Web Browser...

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Last I checked, Apple had a very popular porn app called the Safari Web Browser...

Shh don't tell them...

Besides on the iPhone the Safari browser does not have flash which prevents you from accessing all the porn movie sites.

 

[TheForce]

Also satelliteguys ap!

Must be the back room that gets it flagged for needing to be an adult to install the ap.

Scott- I think that was the issue I had with the first iphone ap for satguys that didn't work for me. When the porn question came up I said no to wanting to see it and then the whole ap blacked out. Remember? When you released the ipad ap, I reinstalled it and this time I said yes to the question and it installed and I tested the backroom and it displays all Charper's photos perfectly.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Apple will label anything adult which loads live internet content such as forums as those sites are not under the control of Apple.

 

[Foxbat]

So how is this any different from a Mom & Pop bookstore electing not to carry books they find offensive? If Apple were run by the Government it would fall under the First Amendment, but this self-censorship of goods offered for sale shouldn't surprise anyone by now.

Like the guy in the song sang, if you don't want an Apple, don't buy it. If the fact that you won't be able to subscribe to Hustler via your iPad frosts your cookies, wait for the Android tablets that are soon to be released. Or use a notebook. Or a Kindle.

Now, if Apple is black-boxing certain passages in the iBook text, my concern would be if there was a parental control that I could use to set a ratings limit. So far, the parental limits in iOS are to simply disable the App when the limit is activated. If I paid for "Stranger in a Strange Land" I want to read the whole text, not some watered-down version.