According to recent reports, Apple is now considering adding a new “explicit category” to its apps store. This is perhaps a reaction to the severe backlash that the company received from having purged over 5000 applications due to inappropriate content.
For those who missed the details, Apple removed over 5000 apps from the online store. These apps were those that Apple deemed inappropriate due to adult related content. There were no nude apps (mostly –or so reports say), most of the apps featured scantily clad women. While this may seem logical, it also pay to keep in mind that Apple almost purged every single app that had a woman in a bikini. One can just imagine how many apps were affected –even those without adult or suggestive themes.
The move was further worsened by the fact that the Playboy and the Sports Illustrated applications still remained available on the app store –which established the fact that Apple was setting double standards on what they would accept or reject for the app store. The final nail on the coffin had to be the weak defense that parents were complaining about the content. Seriously, Apple needs to grow a pair and use their collective brains –these very same parents are fully responsible for letting their children use their credit cards for accessing the app store.
Anyway, the big news now is that Apple is considering adding a new category labeled “explicit” which means that in the future, the company may start creating methods adding apps with questionable content without causing many problems for the company or their customers.
The question now is whether Apple will be putting back up all the apps they removed.
Read more about the big Apple app purge and the new explicit category on the App store at Know Your Mobile.
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