I remember very clearly the discussion you and I had at Cafe Macs in Cupertino years ago, where you very much wanted me to try and help get sex-positive apps allowed in the App Store. I was and am sad I didn’t believe I could help (I still think that’s true, still sad about it), and furthermore couldn’t convince you to try harder with the Apple Books (then iBooks) thing where sex content was more tolerated.
A lot has changed in the last 10 years with self-publishing but sex apps are still not tolerated in the Apple App Stores. On the other hand various other platforms exist for publishing sex related content, although admittedly none with the kind of rich interaction possible in apps. Sex remains an area where the intersection of the public and private are so hugely and deeply fraught that I don’t see public tolerance of sex apps happening in the foreseeable future. Of course there also the unforeseeable future as well.
Oh yes! You know, after all I’ve learned over the years about Apple founders connection to early wild days in San Francisco, and, the social crossover between sexual radicals and radical tech, the more I perceive the “shame” aftermath of the industry’s ascendancy, and how it got accentuated at Apple. There really is a generation/era gap. The “NSFW” crowd did a lot of damage and certainly didn’t do anything about sexism or exploitation on the job. Their censorship accomplished nothing except hurting a lot of good people.
Hey, I have a question for those of you who regularly listen to my podcast!
I produced this episode without my editor to make it sound posh. I’ve been sick as a dog this week with flu. Could you stand the timbre of my sore throat?
And, did you miss the perky original theme music I play at the tops and tails?
I want to know if I should dare record again, “naked” like this, or if I need to quickly return to my once-pristine production values.
I remember very clearly the discussion you and I had at Cafe Macs in Cupertino years ago, where you very much wanted me to try and help get sex-positive apps allowed in the App Store. I was and am sad I didn’t believe I could help (I still think that’s true, still sad about it), and furthermore couldn’t convince you to try harder with the Apple Books (then iBooks) thing where sex content was more tolerated.
A lot has changed in the last 10 years with self-publishing but sex apps are still not tolerated in the Apple App Stores. On the other hand various other platforms exist for publishing sex related content, although admittedly none with the kind of rich interaction possible in apps. Sex remains an area where the intersection of the public and private are so hugely and deeply fraught that I don’t see public tolerance of sex apps happening in the foreseeable future. Of course there also the unforeseeable future as well.
Oh yes! You know, after all I’ve learned over the years about Apple founders connection to early wild days in San Francisco, and, the social crossover between sexual radicals and radical tech, the more I perceive the “shame” aftermath of the industry’s ascendancy, and how it got accentuated at Apple. There really is a generation/era gap. The “NSFW” crowd did a lot of damage and certainly didn’t do anything about sexism or exploitation on the job. Their censorship accomplished nothing except hurting a lot of good people.
Hey, I have a question for those of you who regularly listen to my podcast!
I produced this episode without my editor to make it sound posh. I’ve been sick as a dog this week with flu. Could you stand the timbre of my sore throat?
And, did you miss the perky original theme music I play at the tops and tails?
I want to know if I should dare record again, “naked” like this, or if I need to quickly return to my once-pristine production values.
Honest opinion, please . . .