This week, you might have heard that Apple removed over 5,000 applications from its mobile App Store. What did most of the apps have in common? Scantily clad women. Apple’s VP of World Wide Marketing, Phil Schiller, was quoted by the New York Times: “It came to the point where we were getting customer complaints from women who found the content getting too degrading and objectionable, as well as parents who were upset with what their kids were able to see.” Whatever the reason, the move did come as a shock to some developers. Fred Clarke, co-president of “On the Go Girls” said, “I’m shocked. We’re showing stuff that’s racier than the
Apple strips App Store of scantily clad women, removes 5,000 apps
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