This is terrible news for +500px – not that they can really protest but I sure hope…

24 Jan 2013 admin In G+ Posts
This is terrible news for +500px – not that they can really protest but I sure hope they do..

Guess this is why I like Android….. well one reason… 

Reshared post from +Michael Soliman

Apple is pulling the 500px and ISO500 apps from the App Store on the grounds that these apps provide access to "pornography". This isn't anything new by Apple. I'm just saddened because 500px–a site of very high quality photography–is one of my sources of inspiration.

Thoughts?

500px got the App Store axe, but what about all these other R-rated apps?
Apple has removed photography community app 500px from the App Store for allowing access to nude images, despite a hoard of other apps that provide even more NSFW content. But this isn’t just another …

Comments: 8

  1. Chris Davies 24 Jan 2013 Reply

    Do they plan on pulling Safari also?

  2. Brent Burzycki 24 Jan 2013 Reply

    +Chris Davies I would hope because there is a massive amount of porn on Safari….

  3. Richard Ball 24 Jan 2013 Reply

    send Apple some feedback, can't hurt.
    apple.com/feedback

  4. Chris Davies 24 Jan 2013 Reply

    I use Chrome anyway.  Lots of porn on it also though.  lol

  5. Sandra Parlow 24 Jan 2013 Reply

    wow… so what happens if you already have the app?  does it become void?

  6. Brent Burzycki 24 Jan 2013 Reply

    +Sandra Parlow not sure… there would be a massive uproar if they killed the apps already purchased but it will never get updated or bug fixes…
     

  7. Sandra Parlow 24 Jan 2013 Reply

    yeah.   hmmm…

  8. Dean Blowers 24 Jan 2013 Reply

    Shocking, but I don't believe Apple could do anything to surprise me. I'll stick to android.

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