Oh boy, never expected i’d be seeing this some day: porn on an Apple device! And people say “Android is for porn”.
This, by far, has to be Steve Jobs’ worst nightmare which is sure to hurt him even more than the antennagate did.
It is being learnt that Apple’s iPhone 4, with its front-facing camera and highly valued FaceTime feature, have been used to make porn.
AP has the goods:
When Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn’t take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.
With more than 3 million of the phones already sold, the adult industry stands to make big money on this new way to reach out and touch someone — even if it puts Apple, which has always taken pains to keep its iPhone apps squeaky clean, in an awkward spot.
In at least five cities, Craigslist ads seek models specifically for video sex chat on FaceTime. Many of the ads even offer to throw in a free iPhone 4 for the new employees.
Everyone already knows by now that Apple have always been against porn on any of its devices. And for this very reason they had removed the iChatr Chat Roulette app from the App store within a week of it appearing there.
So what will Apple’s next move be? Surely they have to act. And act quickly. But then, what can they do? They cannot remove/block FaceTime because FaceTime is one of the main aspects which sets the iPhone 4 apart.
Anyway, we’ll leave that to Apple. Only time will tell what Apple has in store for us. But one thing is for sure: no matter how hard Apple tries, porn will someday make its way into an iDevice and Apple won’t be able to do anything about it. (I said this judging by the way the porn industry finds a way to cash in on any latest technology eventually.)
Anyone beg to differ?
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