Apple has pulled a number of adult applications from iTunes this week, after complaints from parents that kids were downloading apps like 'Naughty Trivia' and 'Private Dancer.' iTunes has millions of applications that can be downloaded onto iPhones or iPods by anyone with an iTunes account, and many are free.
In total, Apple removed about 5,000 sexually explicit applications from their online store. Apple's decision came after their application approval team witnessed “an increasing number of apps containing very objectionable content,” according to Philip Schiller, senior VP of worldwide product marketing. Apple says they pulled the apps to protect minors from accessing racy content.
Developers are free to sell their applications in the giant online marketplace, and some make serious cash doing so. But any who have been selling apps with adult content have received an email from Apple stating they will no longer be offering them in the store.
In the past, Apple has removed controversial applications after receiving complaints from parents and safety groups, such as the 'Baby Shaker.' The object of Baby Shaker is to stop the baby from crying by shaking the iPhone until red X's appear over the baby's eyes. 'Beauty Meter' is another app that was approved and then pulled, after a 15-year-old girl uploaded a naked photo of herself for others to rate.
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