With all due respect this has nothing at all to do with America. Microsoft is operating on global level and most non EU/US countries are considerably more socially conservative. Selling to the 300 million strong in middle class in India the no porn is a selling plus. The same can be said of most middle eastern countries and China is very restrictive about porn. The BRIC's are where the sales growth is coming from and in the current economic climate and companies are tailoring their products and services to that market. Microsoft isn't going to beat Apple or Google in the western markets so they risk nothing in trying to get market share elsewhere.NLS said:
No Sex Please, We're Microsoft
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Heh. Heh heh. Heheheheh. Symbian. I bet that has a lot more porn apps than Android. Man, I can't believe no one stopped them from calling it that.
Um..... I got nothing.
Incidentally, who the hell would want to look at porn on their phone anyway? It's not as though those things have great resolution. Like are you that desperate for boobs that you can't wait till you get home and get on the Internet?
Incidentally, who the hell would want to look at porn on their phone anyway? It's not as though those things have great resolution. Like are you that desperate for boobs that you can't wait till you get home and get on the Internet?
I've seen some of the porn apps on Android. They're universally rubbish and look as virus riddled as the women they display. Actually, very few apps of any kind do anything HTML can't do now anyway. Nothing of value will be lost by this.
It should clean the marketplace up a bit but will they take the same stance on fart apps, Bieber sound boards and prank cracked screen apps?
It should clean the marketplace up a bit but will they take the same stance on fart apps, Bieber sound boards and prank cracked screen apps?
I never got the appeal of porn on mobile devices, honestly. Wouldn't anyone rather be back home, with a comfortable environment to, well, "self-stimulate" oneself to, than just be stuck with a tiny screen that's probably covered in finger marks?
"Oshit, I'm in the middle of my subway commute to work, but I just got this MASSIVE boner, right now! I must fap! Quick, Ridiculously Small Screen to the rescue!"
I mean, seriously. Dates with Rosie Palms can feel undignified as is, for some people - it just seems to me that expecting a smartphone to cater to that need is a little self-castigating.
I'd much rather use my TV or an actual computer screen than my Windows Phone for my weekly doses of smut.
"Oshit, I'm in the middle of my subway commute to work, but I just got this MASSIVE boner, right now! I must fap! Quick, Ridiculously Small Screen to the rescue!"
I mean, seriously. Dates with Rosie Palms can feel undignified as is, for some people - it just seems to me that expecting a smartphone to cater to that need is a little self-castigating.
I'd much rather use my TV or an actual computer screen than my Windows Phone for my weekly doses of smut.
They're missing out on a wide range of possible moneymakers here, like the uFap: A sort of "masturbatory pedometer," (That's "pedo-" as in foot, folks) which estimates calories burned per 'session.' Promoting healthy behaviors in several ways at once!
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(Fires up The Sexy Data Tango.)Andy Chalk said:
Betamax vs. VHS: Porn went VHS. VHS won.Andy Chalk said:
DIVX vs. DVD: Porn wasn't allowed on DIVX. DVD won.
BluRay vs. HD-DVD: Porn went HD-DVD. BluRay won.
Hmmm. Not completely a lost cause but not the best odds.
So it's kind of like "I'll know it when I see it, so I want to see it all."?Andy Chalk said:
So, everything?Andy Chalk said:
I misread that as Sybian. Am I the only one?Andy Chalk said:
Except that that was never the reason why VHS won and most porn companies actually signed up with HD-DVD, not blu-ray.008Zulu said:
OT: This is just so stupid, if people want to watch porn, let them watch porn. Why censor people's choices because you personally don't agree with it. Are they going to start censoring porn on computers using Windows as well?
Edit:
Found a decent explanation as to why VHS actually won from the Beta Max, one that doesn't involve the nonsense that it was the porn industry and the porn industry alone. It was a part of it, but definitely not the biggest part.
Symbian is the granddad of smartphone operating systems.
And also the very long term holder of the biggest smartphone OS out there.
Of course, now it's very seriously showing it's age. And then Microsoft paid A Very Large Sum of money to kill it.
And also the very long term holder of the biggest smartphone OS out there.
Of course, now it's very seriously showing it's age. And then Microsoft paid A Very Large Sum of money to kill it.
Hey, if this Trusted Computing thing ever becomes common, it's entirely possible.The Human Torch said:
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So, are they also removing the internet?
And, I suppose, the ability to put a pictures/videos on the phone.
And, I suppose, the ability to put a pictures/videos on the phone.
This is going to get hard for Microsoft
They could have profited off this, considering that there is no porn on the iPhone.
Android Market needs an adult section where only there porn apps are viewable.I don't want a really buggy porn app that's just a collection of pictures, even less to see then while browsing for new games.
They could have profited off this, considering that there is no porn on the iPhone.
Android Market needs an adult section where only there porn apps are viewable.I don't want a really buggy porn app that's just a collection of pictures, even less to see then while browsing for new games.
