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Apple Says 'NO' to Wobbling Boobies
Brandon Davenport
Admit it, you have downloaded this at some point, either by mistake or a pure need for wobble wobble! All jokes aside, Apple has had enough of hearing soccer moms and teachers complaining about their rotten kids titillating wobbly body parts on their iTouch, and Apple has now decided to take down that app, along with other apps which seem to be innocent fun and laughs. Apple is now is riding the slippery slope of censorship. Oh boy.
Initially it seemed that Apple's new policy was to ban "overtly sexual content," which was disappointing, but understandable. Just recently, a developer who has had a little talk with Apple explained that things are not looking so hot. The developer was told "there will be no more applications that are for any purpose of excitement or titillation" which is weird because I'm not sure Tap Tap Revenge gets me too "excited".
The developer of "Wobble iBoobs" was sent an email, discussing the fact that his app was pulled down from the app store for being sexually explicit. After reading that, he decided to recap for us what exactly is the outline of Apples new way of deciding whether an app is sexually explicit or not. Its pretty bleak, but it seems solid.
1. No images of women in bikinis (Ice skating tights are not OK either)
2. No images of men in bikinis! (I didn't ask about Ice Skating tights for men)
3. No skin (he seriously said this) (I asked if a Burqa was OK, and the Apple guy got angry)
4. No silhouettes that indicate that Wobble can be used for wobbling boobs (yes – I am serious, we have to remove the silhouette in this pic)
5. No sexual connotations or innuendo: boobs, babes, booty, sex – all banned
6. Nothing that can be sexually arousing!! (I doubt many people could get aroused with the pic above but those puritanical guys at Apple must get off on pretty mundane things to find Wobble "overtly sexual!)
7. No apps will be approved that in any way imply sexual content (not sure how Playboy is still in the store, but …)
So all in all, it seems that Apple is trying to make people happy, and clean up their mess by not letting the app store get out of hand. But I'm a little concerned if someone sees that Apple took down this app because someone complained, the next person will complain about having iGun in the app store, or even Dice rolling games because it "promotes gambling". Just saying Apple, censorship is a shifty path to go down. Expect roadblocks and crazy soccer moms.
