Explicit content in apple first party app

[bravobohan]

This is home page of the iOS Apple Book app.
ads is starting to get out of hand.. Parental control set clean content in Apple Book won’t block it as well…
This is quality of first party app now?

 

[StumpyBloke]

Where is the explicit content? I genuinely can't see it.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I don't see any explicit content. If you are referring to the open shirt cowboy book cover, that doesn't apply, in regards to what is officially deemed explicit.

 

[StumpyBloke]

I don't see any explicit content. If you are referring to the open shirt cowboy book cover, that doesn't apply, in regards to what is officially deemed explicit.

No way can the OP be referring to the shirtless guy, surely???? That, quite rightly, has never, and will never be classed as explicit in any situation whatsoever.

 

[ManuCH]

Maybe because "life on Earth" books promote an evolutionist theory, which can be considered explicit for creationists? 😉

(OK I'm gonna go)

 

[bravobohan]

No way can the OP be referring to the shirtless guy, surely???? That, quite rightly, has never, and will never be classed as explicit in any situation whatsoever.

That is what I am referring to; maybe "explicit" is too extreme but that is the kind of book I assume I have to go to a "Adult Hot Romance" section of a physical book store to see.

The issue of this is that this is at the home page of the book app. The first page when you open the app. I have no problem this in the store and find it by searching or go to the genre myself.

I found it quite tasteless and forced onto the customers. Imagine you want to do a quiet reading of some scientific papers , you get into the mental stage of 100% focus, and the first thing you see by opening the app is this.

Or imagine you go to a physical book store in your neighborhood, when you open the door, there are these type of book covers staring at you, will you feel comfortable?

 

[sparksd]

That is what I am referring to; maybe "explicit" is too extreme but that is the kind of book I assume I have to go to a "Adult Hot Romance" section of a physical book store to see.

The issue of this is that this is at the home page of the book app. The first page when you open the app. I have no problem this in the store and find it by searching or go to the genre myself.

I found it quite tasteless and forced onto the customers. Imagine you want to do a quiet reading of some scientific papers , you get into the mental stage of 100% focus, and the first thing you see by opening the app is this.

Or imagine you go to a physical book store in your neighborhood, when you open the door, there are these type of book covers staring at you, will you feel comfortable?

It's definitely a personal issue but my answer to your comfort question is yes, I would feel comfortable (or at least not uncomfortable).

 

[iStorm]

I also don't see anything explicit either, there's nothing odd or weird about a shirtless man.

 

[StumpyBloke]

That is what I am referring to; maybe "explicit" is too extreme but that is the kind of book I assume I have to go to a "Adult Hot Romance" section of a physical book store to see.

The issue of this is that this is at the home page of the book app. The first page when you open the app. I have no problem this in the store and find it by searching or go to the genre myself.

I found it quite tasteless and forced onto the customers. Imagine you want to do a quiet reading of some scientific papers , you get into the mental stage of 100% focus, and the first thing you see by opening the app is this.

Or imagine you go to a physical book store in your neighborhood, when you open the door, there are these type of book covers staring at you, will you feel comfortable?

It would be a complete non-issue for me, and I believe for the vast majority of people. I think you are in the minority with this. I genuinely don't understand where your issues comes from. I can only assume you never go to beaches? And I'm not being funny there, I'm being serious before any snowflakes start.

 

[usagora]

I have always thought it odd that male and female toplessness are treated totally differently by many societies, however. Seems like a double-standard to me, though many private establishments even within these societies are consistent ("no shirt / no service" . . . whether male or female).

 

[arkitect]

This is home page of the iOS Apple Book app.
ads is starting to get out of hand.. Parental control set clean content in Apple Book won’t block it as well…
This is quality of first party app now?

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explicit
/ɪkˈsplɪsɪt,ɛkˈsplɪsɪt/

adjective
describing or representing sexual activity in a graphic fashion.


I have to ask, but in what closed closeted world can this be seen as explicit?

A man with shirt open to reveal an enviable set of pecs and abs?

Good grief.

 

[bravobohan]

So by your guys standard, Apple Book or News+ magazine can show PlayBoy Cover (there are many play covers are not explicit either if you use the dictionary definition) even when parental control is on now. By the way, the example I posted cannot be filter out by parental control.

And we okay kids who many use Apple Book as textbook viewer, see this kind of tasteless stuff day to day? This is on the apple book home page; it is no work around to not see it the moment you open the app.

 

[sparksd]

So by your guys standard, Apple Book or News+ magazine can show PlayBoy Cover (there are many play covers are not explicit either if you use the dictionary definition) even when parental control is on now. By the way, the example I posted cannot be filter out by parental control.

And we okay kids who many use Apple Book as textbook viewer, see this kind of tasteless stuff day to day? This is on the home page; it is no work around to not see it the moment you open the app.

I don't see it as tasteless or a problem of any kind. And yes, I have kids, though grown now.

 

[usagora]

explicit
/ɪkˈsplɪsɪt,ɛkˈsplɪsɪt/

adjective
describing or representing sexual activity in a graphic fashion.


I have to ask, but in what closed closeted world can this be seen as explicit?

A man with shirt open to reveal an enviable set of pecs and abs?

Good grief.

See the second paragraph of my post above yours. To be fair, women often find men's chests to be sexually attractive and vice versa for men, yet if the picture on that book were of a topless woman, we'd probably all be agreeing with the OP and wouldn't say the topless woman was simply "revealing an enviable set of breasts and abs." So what is considered "explicit" doesn't really make much rational sense, yet it's engrained in certain societies (especially the US).

 

[cateye]

...meanwhile, over in Fitness+, shield thy eyes from the luscious buffet of skin-tight spandex and technical clothing, sports bras and shorts with 6" inseams. Great, salty streams of sweat cascading down rippling muscles and across voluptuous, muscular busoms; An orgy of heaving, breathing and shouting in tune to provocative popular music with the cadence of hearts beating as one, until, as our Apple Watches buzz and chime their salacious approval, we reach a crescendo of exhaustion, passion, and heat.

 

[bravobohan]

...meanwhile, over in Fitness+, shield thy eyes from the luscious buffet of skin-tight spandex and technical clothing, sports bras and shorts with 6" inseams. Great, salty streams of sweat cascading down rippling muscles and across voluptuous, muscular busoms; An orgy of heaving, breathing and shouting in tune to provocative popular music with the cadence of hearts beating as one, until, as our Apple Watches buzz and chime their salacious approval, we reach a crescendo of exhaustion, passion, and heat.

ok you got me laugh.. this battle can never be won. I hope Apple copy&paste your words to here: https://www.apple.com/families/

I guess people do really care, just do not let their kids use iOS device

Steve Jobs in 2010 was on the stage at the Apple event releasing the iPad and he described it as a wonderful device that brought you educational tools. It allowed you to surf the web, it allowed you to watch videos, it allowed you to interact with other people. And he basically said it’s the best way to do all those things.

Two years later when he was asked “Your kids must love the iPad?” He said “Actually we don’t allow the iPad in the home. We think it’s too dangerous for them in effect.” The reason why he said that was because he recognized just how addictive the iPad was as a vehicle for delivering things to people. That once you had the iPad in front of you, or when you took it away from the home with you, you’d always have access to these platforms that were very addictive. That were hard to resist.

So where his kids were very well adapted, well adjusted, may not have been prime targets for say substance abuse, they like everyone else, are susceptible to the charms of something like an iPad and what it delivers.

 

[klasma]

And we okay kids who many use Apple Book as textbook viewer, see this kind of tasteless stuff day to day?

I don’t see how this could hurt kids. And I assume you have Ask to Buy turned on if you have kids.

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[cateye]

ok you got me laugh.. this battle can never be won. I hope Apple copy&paste your words to here: https://www.apple.com/families/

I hope you recognize that I'm both poking some fun, and making a broader point: If you go looking for sex, you will find sex. But recognize that is not what everyone else, or your kids, necessarily are looking for or find.

I'm with you, actually: A book called "The Montana Sheriff" with a ripped smiling dude, open-shirted on the cover. Ride 'em cowboy! But in the grand scheme of things, nor is it the sort of ridiculous, in-your-face sex and violence that is constantly peddled as entertainment throughout media. I find our happy cowboy far less offensive than any of the "50 Shades Of Gray" movie covers with their implied power relationships and submissive female protagonist pinned against a wall, for example.

As a fellow parent, I understand and empathize. There's so much we genuinely need to be on the watch for. At the same time, best not to get tripped by what's ultimately harmless.

 

[Danfango]

Meh. My 10 year old daughter would laugh at that and carry on playing Minecraft. My 16 year old daughter is clearly lesbian and would also laugh at it. My 19 year old prefers squishier men.

Me I'd hit that. I mean why not. YOLO.

 

[Analog Kid]

Free the [male] nipple

 

[Analog Kid]

This is what happens when you think about things too long... That cowboy picture still doesn't bother me, but I'm starting to find those cacti more and more offensive.

 

[Spock]

So by your guys standard, Apple Book or News+ magazine can show PlayBoy Cover (there are many play covers are not explicit either if you use the dictionary definition) even when parental control is on now. By the way, the example I posted cannot be filter out by parental control.

And we okay kids who many use Apple Book as textbook viewer, see this kind of tasteless stuff day to day? This is on the apple book home page; it is no work around to not see it the moment you open the app.

Kids don't read text books with Apple Books, they use Kindle. And kids see far worse than this, if they have access to the internet, they have access to fully naked people. I have see more skin looking at magazine covers checking out at the grocery store.

 

[boss.king]

That is what I am referring to; maybe "explicit" is too extreme but that is the kind of book I assume I have to go to a "Adult Hot Romance" section of a physical book store to see.

The issue of this is that this is at the home page of the book app. The first page when you open the app. I have no problem this in the store and find it by searching or go to the genre myself.

I found it quite tasteless and forced onto the customers. Imagine you want to do a quiet reading of some scientific papers , you get into the mental stage of 100% focus, and the first thing you see by opening the app is this.

Or imagine you go to a physical book store in your neighborhood, when you open the door, there are these type of book covers staring at you, will you feel comfortable?

Do you actually know if this is an "Adult Hot Romance" book or did you just assume that from the picture on the cover?

It's an open shirt, he's not even topless. You see worse than this at the beach. You see worse than this in cartoons. If you go to a park in summer, you're likely to see at least one guy with his shirt all the way off. I'm genuinely confused by your outrage.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

So by your guys standard, Apple Book or News+ magazine can show PlayBoy Cover (there are many play covers are not explicit either if you use the dictionary definition) even when parental control is on now. By the way, the example I posted cannot be filter out by parental control.

And we okay kids who many use Apple Book as textbook viewer, see this kind of tasteless stuff day to day? This is on the apple book home page; it is no work around to not see it the moment you open the app.

Have you read the book? Multiple reviews say it is a very tame romance novel. Nothing explicit at all. It is an "all ages" romance novel. They do exist.

 

[Danfango]

Have you read the book? Multiple reviews say it is a very tame romance novel. Nothing explicit at all. It is an "all ages" romance novel. They do exist.

Indeed. Thus the only thing that is actually bad about it is probably the premise, story and prose.