Hottest Girls iPhone App Scorches Servers, Later Pulled by Apple
You know those iPhone commercials that declare "There's an App for that"? Porn, yes there is an app for that. At least there was for a day before Apple decided to pull the plug after the widespread attention it received.
The application for Apple's iPhone and ITouch was "Hottest Girls". It had cost $2 to download and featured 2200 naked women in various states of undress.
Was there demand for porn on the go? Was there ever! The application was being downloaded so much that it killed the servers from the company selling the software.
Apple later reversed its decision to sell the iPorn, releasing a statement that read:
Apple will not distribute applications that contain inappropriate content. The developer of this application added inappropriate content directly from their server after the application had been approved and distributed, and after the developer had subsequently been asked to remove some offensive content. This was a direct violation of the terms of the iPhone Developer Program. The application is no longer available on the App Store.
While Apple is playing the Puritan card they have opened the door for porn on the iPhone. There most recent software upgrade for the popular device features an age verification software. It was probably just a matter of time when you could have your own mobile version of porn right in the palm of your hand.
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Bad/incomplete investigation of yours
Too bad that you did not investigate thoroughly enough the topic.
The developer of "Hottest Girls" tried to pull a fast one by sneaking nude pictures into the app after Apple approved the app for the store. He then started with a bunch of lies trying to cover up his attempt to make a ton of money with the first app on the iPhone that provides (soft-)porn. In the aftermath he obviously pissed Apple off that Apple also removed his other apps from the store.
No "server" was ever overloaded or about to crash.
Not sure if the quote in the
Not sure if the quote in the article was uploaded after your comment, Christoph, but that pretty much covers what you were talking about.
Personally, I find it an interesting situation. Obviously you have people arguing fiercely both for and against the removal, and both have valid points. I think ultimately it comes down to Apple can do what it wants because it owns the store it was being sold in, but whether or not they were right to do so is what I find interesting.
So far I've only been able to find Newsy's coverage of the arguments (at http://www.newsy.com/videos/iporn), but there's plenty of other food for thought out there as well.
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