Apple Should Ban Bing Because of Porn

[bakaneko]

the internet is for porn. nuf said.

 

[Saljen]

Are you kidding me?! Does the iPhone not have something called "safari" which has direct and unfiltered access to the "Internet"?! If someone wants to watch pron on their iPhone, googling iPhone porn would work 10x better than going through the trouble of downloading a 3rd party app, disabling filters, then being on your jolly way. The only reason there is an issue with this app is because people want to QQ about Microsoft. "oh no, microsofts app searches the Internet, and if I search something naughty, something naughty comes up" it's the internet, probably 40% of it's content is something naughty so deal with it!

 

[eccentric909]

[citation][nom]stm1185[/nom]Yo Gizmodo. FUCK YOU. If someone wants to search for porn on their Iphone or Ipod, that is their choice. Gizmodo, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE NOT TO WATCH PORN. LIKE THERE IS A SINGLE PERSON ON YOUR STAFF THAT ISNT A PERVERT![/citation]

You didn't read the article did you? They're trying to point out Apple hypocrisy, show them how silly their rules for apps are, not actually get the apps themselves banned. Learn to read.

 

[zirex101]

Nukes Scare the Hell Out Of the US DOD -> DOD Invents TCP/IP -> Internet Born -> Porn indistry creates technologies to revolutionize and expand internet -> Apple design's IPhone around these technologies -> Apple bans porn and other random apps that don't fit their non-existant content rules? WTF? Way to fit in with the internet Apple *sarcasm*

 

[Hanin33]

um... lots of people here are missing the point. the point being that this is a specially crafted applet, that makes bing's search output look appropriate on the iphone screen... it's not the backend search function that Gizmondo has a problem with, it's the fact that apple bans other applets that allow porn or the access of porn on the iphone. they (gizmondo) don't even give an opinion on porn, in general, at all. they simply are using bing's applet as an glaring example that apple's validation process is horribly dysfunctional.

 

[deadlockedworld]

The real issue is that apple doesnt want porn apps coming up in itunes. It has nothing to do with the web browsing aspect. It would be bad for Apple's business if parents knew there were porn apps on itunes.

 

[square965]

So many of you are missing the point of the article it's ridiculous.

It's all about Apple's rules of which Apps they allow to be in their App store, no about getting the Bing App banned. Bing is simply used as an example of an App that allows user to browse porn, yet is still allowed in the App Store.

 

[ethanolson]

Apple has the right to regulate its app store. It may not have the right to regulate content on your device.

Microsoft has a great search engine, and I keep myself in check by never exploiting its "entertaining features" by disabling the default filter. Stupid people with less self control do that.

 

[alextheblue]

[citation][nom]acecombat[/nom]That's not the point of the article. The article is referring to iphone/ipod and Apple's double and broken standards in censoring applications for the devices.[/citation]Of course. But they still chose to single out Bing. Kevin just parrots the original article and slaps a sensationalist headline on it. Plus, comparing a search engine with an enabled-by-default filter, vs a program without such a filter, is not strictly apples to apples.
[citation][nom]Kelavarus[/nom]As said in the article, Bing just seems to have a knack for doing it better though.[/citation]Where in this article did they point out that other popular search engines would do the same thing, if they also had their filter disabled? Oh, they didn't. Gizmodo should have called on them to ban all search engines with image results, as well as the ability to display pictures on the phone. Oh wait! That wouldn't make sense either. Gizmodo is just overreacting. An app with porn available either on purpose, or hidden, with no filter vs. a search engine with a filter turned on by default, PLUS you have to go out of your way to search for the explicit content. NOT the same thing.

 

[alextheblue]

As a follow-up I will agree that Apple needs to have more specific standards for what is allowed and what is not allowed, and stick to them. They are control freaks, and that's why I don't use their hardware in the first place.

 

[doc70]

so what?...
and more important... who/what is Gizmodo?