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self inflicted
By invidious on 6/27/2009 9:32:33 AM , Rating: 1
I believe Apple's censorship is really only a result of their proprietary paranoia. If they didn't take so much pride in every app being stamped off as "Apple approved" they could let the porn apps and the religious apps fly by. And ultimately I doubt their stance is so much anti-porn or anti-religion, they just don't want to appear to condone any specific beliefs.

If they let in topless photo apps what happens when the next guy wants to post his beastiality app. Then Apple has to draw a line somewhere and no matter where they do it the line is going to anger someone, so instead of making a choice in the grey region they make one in the black and white region and stick the cutoff line right at the begining, no porn.

So I don't really think its about imposing morality or passing judgement, its just about saving face. But they insist on being 100% propreitary and this is one of the byproducts.

RE: self inflicted

