iPhone apps censorship
With the iPhone, there are so many apps and games you can download and try.
The free apps are mostly limited and can be purchased for the full version.
Most apps free and paid are useful but most of them are just entertaining. However there are some apps that are only suitable for mature adults.
Shake the Bild Girl. Wobble iBoobs.
WTH! Apps that allow the user to undress a model or wobble parts of a bikini model by shaking the phone. Adult only apps like these could bring lots of laughter and enjoyment to a dirty-old-man like me, but what about kids? I can see my curious 6-year-old boy shaking his mum’s iPhone and asking his mum lots of interesting bodily questions. 
Apple has to classify and censor adult apps accordingly on their store. Not all apps are suitable for the general public!
Then there are also the different countries and values of individuals to worry about.
Freedom brings headache. Good luck with the classification and censorship Apple!
Not everyone is going to be happy…
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about 6 months ago
So your 6 year old has not used the internet?
about 6 months ago
He has. His favourite site is youtube.
The internet is all wrong! Ban the internet.
about 6 months ago
You sure spent a lot of time on the blog, honey. Very well done…!
about 6 months ago
Apple vets all apps in iTunes. You’ll be hard pressed to find *any* full nudity on iPhone apps. Aside from the wobbling there’s probably no more exposure on the iPhone than what they’d normally see on a sunny day at the beach or Flagstaff Gardens for that matter.
Also apple do classify apps as being suitable for +17 years and over. Otherwise, just change your iTunes password and don’t hand it over.
about 6 months ago
Here’s the blurb from the iTunes web site.
“Parental Controls
Use parental controls to restrict your kids from previewing and buying certain content when they visit the iTunes Store. Or disable the iTunes Store entirely, leaving access to iTunes U only. You can also use parental controls to limit playback through sharing and importing through Home Sharing. Click Parental in iTunes preferences to establish your restrictions. Then secure your settings with your administrator password.”