And just like that, the iPhone App Store is once again safe for children, people at work, and those who enjoy the iron fist of an anonymous application reviewer gently controlling their hardware / software ecosystem. Yep, the "Hottest Girls" application has been yanked after
just a few hours of availability, and
it's no secret why: although the app was clearly labeled and approved under iPhone OS 3.0's app rating and parental control guidelines, naked-ladies-on-the-iPhone was quickly becoming too much news for Apple's squeaky-clean image to bear. Of course, that once again prompts us to remind everyone that this exact same content is easily accessible through any number of applications on the iPhone, like, say,
Safari, and that the App Store's
arbitrary and capricious review procedures are an incredible liability to an otherwise dominant platform, but honestly, no one's listening because they'd rather talk about boobs. Good work.
Update: Interesting -- the
dev's site now says that Hottest Girls has been "pulled" because their servers were "reaching their limits" and that the app will be back up soon, naughty pictures intact. We're guessing that means their image servers are cracking under the strain, but we'll see if this app or others like it make a reappearance anytime soon.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
posted Jun 25th 2009 1:27PM
im getting sick and tired, I WANT MY PRON!
Mothers? erm, no thanks.
if you want your porn, then use the built in browser.
See... this is why they are fan bois, not fan or fan boys
I LOVE PORN "Anyone amazed here?"
One Fruit to rule them all! .. Really feel sorry for people living under such an authoritarian regime .. Iran is mild in comparison
Hmm Nokia could do a nice line in "Comes with Pr0n" .. Oh yeah anywhere but the US ..
Good, they should censor it. If they let more explicit stuff like this in the app store, they'd be wildly popular, and it wouldn't be long before say 15 of the top 25 apps were all titty apps. Would you really want that?
@Will Yes
hooray for boobies!
Bloodhound Gang
That band is pretty bomb.
"Jiggly bits" are serious business.
iJubblies
Is it me or is there something with TEH boobs? I mean, why the hell we like boobs so much? I have no idea, It's not like THEY have anything to do with us besides feeding our children when they were too young to digest our junky food. and in general, boobs are all alike, and............ boring, but not our gadgets that changes shapes, sizes, colors, weight in a daily basis.
less boobs, less boring, more gadgets. more exciting!!!
I fap to this
Apple.. what a bunch a dicks.
Let the flaming commence.
BURN IT DOWN(you said let the "flaming" begin:))
Nice job Apple, you finally do something right and then f' it up a few minutes later.
Watch this all be just a marketing ploy.
Or as it turned out, a case of them not expecting this kind of demand. Silly developers pron is for people.
Hey jackass: The developer said its THEIR servers (not Apple's) that can't handle the load, and that's why the app was pulled temporarily. At the developer's request.
Anything else you'd like to blame Apple for? Global warming maybe?
@Zak, calm down man. That was edited in as an update way before our comments were written.
*after
He can't calm down - he has apple in his blood.
Since the App pulls pictures from the web, it's quite likely Apple approved it under 3.0 but before the pictures were added.
They could have just as easily made an app that pulled pictures of LOLcats off the web, got it approved, then added these "porn" images.
Yeah and then they'd be visited by cops for exposing kids to porn and by lawyers for lying under contract, but sure.
Whoa ho ho!
This is what I use installous for, apps that are discontinued. See, its not a completely illegal app.
No, you use it cos you blew a full years allowance on an iphone and now you can't afford to splash out 99c every other week
What he said. Also cause you’re a greedy bastard.
That's still illegal. Just not immoral (to some).
Wow, nice research there Engadget. Didn't even bother to go to the app's website?
and this is exactly while i'll never have an iphone...dont want the gestapo telling me what i can and can't do w/ my phone. but i guess u could always jailbreak.
they try to get rid of that too.
You know, I've loved the iphone since its first release and still lust for it from time to time, but there are 2 things that keep me from getting one:
1. AT&T (...is da devil)
2. Apples tight grip on my nuts.
Whoa, don't let facts get in the way of a dig at Apple!!
hahaha
Update: we posted a lot of hearsay and conjecture...here is the true story, which in fact, isn't really news.
I read that as "massive stain...". lol.
does apple pay back money who purchased it,,(out of curiosity)
They dont need to. They only took the app away from the market. Those who had already bought it are still allowed to use the app. Apple is not forcing anyone to remove the app from the iPhone/iPT.
You better check out the app's web page. Wasn't Apple that took it down. Seems the image servers were overloaded.
-AlexD
Handheld electronic boobies hee hee
Hand held real boobies > Handheld electronic boobies
What a blog posting an innacurate story because they are more interested in getting news out first rather than make sure they have the real facts?
I have never heard of such a thing.
Good news... Hottest Guys app is still available!
You know... On one hand I'm surprised they pulled it because they are protected under their new parental controls.
On the other I'm not because... Well hello it's Apple. They don't want any bad publicity. Even though it was good publicity in my book. :)
"Update: Interesting -- the dev says that Hottest Girls has been "pulled" because their servers were "reaching their limits" and that the app will be back up soon, naughty pictures intact. Of course, it's Apple's servers that do App Store distribution, so we're a little confused by this explanation -- we'll keep you updated."
Apple's server's distribute the APP - but the images themselves are pulled from the DEVELOPERS server.
third time's a charm...
I believe it, no really I do.
Funny how whenever any app gets pulled it's always a few hours/days later announced it was the owner of the app, same thing with youtube, at first it's pulled because some company or government complained then later it reports 'user removed content'.
flip, flop. flip, FLOP.
try reading the WHOLE article before you comment, its been retracted.
Presumably they still left Safari on there.... So there's that.
And who said sex didn't sell!!
Ummm... you?
1. This is not gadget news (even if it were true)
2. This is not true (Engadget didn't do the research)
Engadget is a declared Apple fetishist, outside this fact, Engadget is a nice webpage.
i Figured this would happen asap.
This is why I love the android market
why?
is Android more "fap fap" friendly?
Bad Apple.
How is this Apple's fault again?
@Zak
..Lol?
wait! what if... i put 8008 on two calculators and put them next to each other?
( . Y . )
Could just put 80085 or 5318008 and turn it upside down
Prudes!
This is why i love the Android market
In iPhone SDK 2.0, Steve said that there will be limitations to the App Store such as explicit contents (pornography). So what about this?
At this rate, I expect guyswithiphones.com will be turned into an app. :P
maybe they were just testing the waters with adding the ability to obtain the content, and once the media frenzy ensued, decided to dial it back a notch.
Why is this even news worthy. What is it with people getting goo goo ga ga over porn. Just another app that wastes are time and resources.
our*
Sorry, but the argument that the content is available through Safari on the same iPhone doesn't really work. It's comparable to saying that Walmart should carry porn because you can access it through a number of other devices they sell such as computers or televisions. Once again, let me remind everyone. It's Apple's store, they can run it the way they want to. Don't agree with it, there's the door marked, G1 and there's the door marked PRE. Have a nice day.
Don't quite see why you felt it necessary to bring up the G1 or the Pre. But I strongly agree with the Walmart analogy.
Is anyone else thinking how much cash this dude must be making at $1.99/app if his/her servers are crashing? All for putting a few free pics into an iPhone app - hell, even I could summon the coding ability to do that. S/he's probably made more money outta this then what we (or at least I) do in a year...... crazy.
The people that made this app are now Richer Than Shit™.
Giggity.
Did any body stop and think, maybe this is a copyright issue. Where is this dev getting his hottest grlz pix. No offense Nilay. :)
I personally think Apple is justified in keeping the pron out of the app store. Its too easy to make a 'hot naked chix" app. But then again I dont pay for pron anyway. To each his own, I'm just tired of the "OMG I CANT HAZ PRAWN! WAHHH!"
Kyle
Why can't you have prawns? Are you allergic to seafood?
youporn looks great on my 3G!!
30 second clips ftl.
When I retire to the men's room at work, I have to keep rewinding the clip in order to actually finish the job.
www.tube8.com
then select movie and click on "Watch on iPod/iPhone"
when they make an android that satisfies ALL my porn needs I'll get one.
Ooh, is that a "conclusion" I spy over there? I wonder if I can make it in one leap...
So this is how s**-crazed Americans are. And I thought Apple prohibited nudity from the App Store. Apple should continue to bear a squeaky clean image. They wouldn't want to end up like Telus, a carrier that used to sell p***ographic images until people deemed it inappropriate.
I don't understand why they don't just open the iphone up to letting apps being installed from other places. The phone is just so locked down it's unbelievable. It's almost like the school computers.
HAHA, anti-Apple zealots Engadget. Anyone surpised? Care to pull your foot out of your mouth?
Seriously, do bloggers these days even think before they post? Next time you may want to GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT before posting such inflamatory posts.
Leave it to Apple to take something nice and ruin it. Thanks a lot Apple!!!
How is this Apple's fault again?
@Zak
Dude you need to chill out. Apple could care less about you, bar you cash, but you seem to be willing to take a bullet for them.
Check out Bikini Inspector , hot girls on that app too! :)
I grabbed it just in time... it's right next to Netshare and Tris on my "Banned Apps" page
He should upgrade to SquareSpace!
#squarespace
So this article was posted to bash Apple's app store policy and what they ban/don't ban.
Once the developer admits that they, not Apple, are the ones who pulled the App you post an update but ignore the whole jumping to blame them in the first place.
Not cool, regardless of the company.
Oh brother, this is the singlemost stupid thing I've read on engadget in a while. I wish they would shut that sleazy app down and keep it that way. Can we not have a media device without filling it with all sorts of access to filth? Sorry, I just don't think it's right. Pornography destroys people's lives, families, jobs, images of women...
Just what the world needed, another way to access something crude. Makes me sad.
Great so now Apple's Top 25 list is going to be full of crappy apps like this.
Oh wait, it already is.
Time to hit Cydia! :)
You should totally disclose the name of everyone that sent it in! XD
Apple is such a pussy company it makes me sick. First "Blu ray is a bag of hurt" and now this super-pussy bullshit. I really can't stand electronics/computer people who are huge pussys like Steve Jobs, they make normal techies look bad.
Do you like apples?
How do you like them apples?