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Boobs And Booty Banned From The App Store
TechCrunch —
... Now it looks like Apple is having second thoughts. After hitting the top spot on the Japanese App Store and seeing 20,000 downloads over ten days, Wobble has been asked by Apple to remove anything having to do with ‘Boobs’ and ‘Booty’ from their marketing text. Developer Jon Atherton writes that he tried to point out that this was outright censorship, only to (unsurprisingly) be told that it was Apple’s way or the highway. ...
Apple Can't Stand the Sight of Boobs or Booty [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo —
... For now, Wobble's description reads like this: "You can make (censored) and (censored) jiggle and bounce like real when you shake your phone." Which, ironically, actually makes it dirtier, since you could imagine any body part in there now. [Chillifresh] ...
Wardrobe Malfunction: App Store Decides To Give Bouncing Boobies The Boot
iSmashPhone —
... Not surprisingly, Atherton cried foul, pointing out that a search of iTunes proper for the keywords "boobs" or "booty" produced nearly 150 results for each word. So why was it okay for music and video, but not iPhone programs? "I’m only here to talk to you about the Appstore and can’t comment on iTunes," the rep told Atherton. ...
