Today Ryan Lawlerover at GigaOMasks an well-situated question with an poorly - defined result : Does Cinemax ’s iPad app violate Apple ’s no - porn insurance policy ? If it does , should n’t HBO GO get the iron boot too ?
Unlike HBO GO , you see , the Cinemax app gasconade an “ after dark ” check that delivers the marvelous softcore porn experience “ Skinamax ” has been recognize for since , well , since I was a unseasoned socially awkward male child back in the 1990s . Thanks to this tab , gratuitous simulated sex activity on shows like Lingerie or Co - Ed Confidential ( why is she grinding on his belly button ? ) are but a touch away whenever you want them . Softcore pornography ! On the iPad ! How can this be ? ! My guess is “ money ” but what do I know . Onward and upwardly .
These shows differ from the sexually charged menu on HBO ( Game of Thrones , Boardwalk Empire , True Blood ) only in that the nudity is fairly much always - on . But is that really all that different ? Thirty second of simulated sexual urge in The Hills Have Thighs as opposed to 30 seconds of Sookie Stackhouse receive it from behind by a thousand - class - old lamia ( as it happened last week ) ?
The App Store commendation process is notoriously spotted , but Cinemax and HBO are cock-a-hoop names . They could n’t perhaps have “ slipped through ” as some other apps have in the past before being pulled . Cinemax , to its credit , has maternal controller and warning about adult message , so maybe that ’s all it will take go forward as Apple ( and Steve Jobs ) loosen up its hardcore posture on hardcore content .
Then again , it ’s still all very mirky . Where does “ art ” or “ entertainment ” line close , and where does the porn line begin ? Does the blood get crossed when people are , you make love , in reality bear sexual activity on screen , as opposed to ones in tightly scripted simulated office ? Is it just a time thing ?
One ca n’t help but wonder if there ’s some Apple intern over in Cupertino with a stopwatch . [ GigaOM ]
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