Apple's double standards keep "too sexy" app out of iTunes store

I know it's fashionable to slate the AppStore approval process these days, and in lots of cases, Apple deserves it.

This is not one of those cases. There is a clear rationale in blocking that app. They key word is "excessively".

Perhaps Apple needs to filter which apps people can see and download based on parental preferences. Right now, it's only possible to enable or disable the store, yet the individual apps have an age rating. Allowing parents to set the types of content they want their children to be exposed to is probably the best solution in terms of giving developers freedom and being responsible on Apple's part.

These sort of limitations need not exist for digital stores. It would make sense for Apple to take advantage of that.

those images seem a lot less explicit than hooters calendar girls slider puzzle which is available in the app store

Music is generally accepted as an art form. Applications aren't as of yet. Right or wrong, artists are given the benefit of the doubt by people at times when those who seek to make $$$ aren't.

@KarlW: WTF are you talking about? There are bikini girls apps - how is this any different?

Apple is known for completely assanine "approval" process. Most likely they have a bunch of interns who's only job is to filter the apps and they just use their own concepts of decency and such, instead of using any clear guidelines.
Possibly it's not even a bunch of interns, but rather a bunch of monkeys trying to write Shakespeare, and every time a vowel is hit, an app is approved, but for consonants it's rejected.

The way I see it, the only kind of filtering that should be happening here is for clearly illegal material, and maybe adult material - copyright infringement, hate speech, stuff like that. As for adult content, personally I think there's no reason to block it completely, just have an 18+ category that's only accessible by persons of appropriate age. However, I'd be fine with blocking it if it was based on well established film and movie standards, instead of the whims of some right-wing religious conservative intern.

Having been to a 2 Live Crew concert I can honestly say that its not Art. It may be hilarious to watch but definitely not art. The term Art has been skewed many time in the years past.

For example you can go to a museum and look at nude "art" yet when someone creates an application that playfully removes clothing its considered indecent. Why?

Today we have more information available at our fingertips than ever before. So why use old standards that do not reflect the current age?

Does this fall into the "Ethics" category?

I mean when the pilgrims left England it was because they were tired of the "prudes"... Didn't Family Guy have an episode on this? lol

You are asking for rational thinking in a world that allows 13 year olds to attend bloody hack 'em up movies but, heaven forbid they see a mother breast feeding in public.

If there weren't so many iWhores, none of Apple's asinine crap would matter anyway.

ITT we post really really dirty available-on-iTunes tracks? (not necessarily rap)

Melleefresh (ft Deadmau5) - Hey Baby / After Hours (both on youtubes)

Karlw fyi Matin T could not be any more correct about his assessment.

You can kill, destroy, hack, take the heart out of the chest of your opponent, and much more, and this is okay to be extremely violent, but don't show a breast, that may mess up someone's mind.....ok !!!???

In Europe kids see breasts all their lives, it is part of their culture to see nudity and not to make a big fuss about it. This app seems to only show girls in their underwear...... where is the sin? and by the way, it seems to be rated for 13+ ages .....so what is the problem with Apple?

plenty of other apps show as much "sexuality" as this app!!! biggggg deal!
we see that everywhere, even in our TV commercials, this isnt going to mess anybody up. everyone is wayyy too uptight about wut gets approved to apple. lighten up ppl! its just a girl! i checked out this app & its hot!!! i really hope apple just approves it already

what a hot app!! my boyfriend is going to love this lol

How about not allowing it on the grounds of "objectification of women"? Viewing a human being as an object is probably worse than any "indecency" reason.

Plus, the app is rediculous and stupid. Some fat 50 year old guy can move his finger and, woops, there goes the clothes... kinda? And, hey, what's this? I can move my finger up and down and make the clothes go back and forth. Nifty!

They should also reject the app for pointlessness.