Apple has been doing a little ‘house cleaning’ in the App Store recently. Several prominent online and paper publications have reported that Apple has been scrutinizing apps that content sexual themes a little more closely and has been removing those that they deem inappropriate. Apparently, this mission is necessary in order to make the App Store a little more family friendly prior to the release of the iPad. The effort in providing families a more PG environment should be commended, but it does reek of fascism. Why Apple refuses to offer adult services behind a safety net of some kind is beyond rational thought. It shouldn’t be too difficult to offer a ‘Night Store’ section in the App Store, where access can only be obtained by creating a separate user account and passing age verification requirements. In addition, Apple could offer a net nanny type service for parents who want to control the content that their children are exposed to. Apple has the audacity to call Adobe lazy? I think it is the other way around.
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