iTunes Opens to Adult Content

Playboy to be the first confirmed adult content offering on Apple’s industry-leading tablet

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I’ve been extremely critical of the iTunes App Store because I don’t believe we should allow companies to censor applications and other content. Now it seems, the rules for the Apple App Store may be loosening as Hugh Hefner tweeted that uncensored issues of Playboy will be available on the iPad in March, 2011. This is likely going to be one of the offerings relating to the new subscription model available in the store and to be leveraged by News Corp with their launch of The Daily.

Obviously I believe the less censorship, the better and this is great news for Apple customers as it gives them the freedom to do what they want with their devices. It does seem ironic though – since Steve Jobs himself said in May of last year that these restrictions were put in place to give customers freedom from porn. But for Playboy lovers, it seems this loss of freedom will likely be met with big smiles.

Update: Apparently, Hefner was referring to a Safari-based service which will be uncensored. A future censored version will be included in the App Store. Apologies for the error.

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