After purging the App Store of any software displaying PG-13 skin, Apple appears to have thrown down against apps like Grindr, requiring even stricter enforcement of its no-porn policy. Fine. But with its latest bout of censorship — nixing the NewsToons app from Mark Fiore, who this week became the first Internet-only political cartoonist to win a freakin’ Pulitzer, because it “ridicules public figures” — ya know who Apple is becoming? That obnoxious fab-u-lous A-gay who was an absolute nobody in high school, but who you still hung out with, and then he went to college, got a nose job and dental surgery, scored big as a day trader, and now parades around town in a Lamborghini, even when he’s just going out to get milk. That’s you, Apple, and you’re being a brat.
Mark
This analogy doesn’t work.
Josh
They reversed their decision on that app, it’s back in the store. You guys are a bit behind, typical homos. lol
Hector Berrio
And you, Queerty, are playing the typical Bitter Queen.
They reversed their decision, by the way.
fredo777
whether or not they reversed the decision, it seems they’re becoming more + more puritan + it’s off-putting.
Nicholas
Not sure if this analogy works either. On one hand: Apple is becoming more puritanical. On the other: the nerdy gay has become a rich gay. Why is it an analogy? They seem two different things. Just two things which nobody liked but became popular? But the issue is the puritanical regulation, not the popularity. Two different levels of issues. A more appropriate analogy would be to reference the puritanical actions, not the popularity which is incidental to this analogy.
Okay, got to eat my pizza because I’m thirsty. š
Andy
Yeah, this kind of stuff makes Microsoft look open and fair.
jason
I don’t see why “gay” should be analogous to “sleazy” or “promiscuous”. Being gay shouldn’t and mustn’t mean that you automatically wish to access porn on your ipod or that you spend nights in saunas for that quick fuck with a stranger. If that’s what the gay movement has become, I’m bailing out.
We in the gay community need to resist promiscuity notions. Our movement was not conceived on the basis of promiscuity. Its conception is in rights, not in how much porn or fast sex you can consume.
And if there are any gay commercial sleazeballs reading this, maybe you should fuck off. We certainly don’t want our noble “gay” word sullied with your sleazy money-making ventures. Stop wrapping your money-making sleaze in the nobility of the gay rights notion.
sam
@jason: its not about being gay and promiscuous š
its about ANYONE being promiscuous somehow labeled a bad thing. cos its not. it’s fairly normal.
pchul
No, that’s queerty in general.
The Grindr app situation is not ridiculous. All they as is to not show peen until you connect with a person and start talking. Sorry to all you ugly trolls not getting a free show?
unclemike
They reversed? I searched for it today and couldn’t find it.
j
@jason: @pchul: Weeeeh. It’s not about showing full blown porn before you connect with people. If you’ve seen the previous queerty article on this you’ll realise that some of the bans are rediculous. This is about being overly puritanical and not (so)much about grindr displaying porn. Also, anyone been on a search engine lately? What apple are doing is useless. Porn’s everywhere and apple can do sweet fuck all about it. Why can’t adults in the company of other adults behave like adults without apple breathing down their throats?