The app that allows you to use Gayromeo on the iPhone has been kicked out of the Apple Store. Users are said to have complained about "inappropriate images"
It's difficult with Apple and sex. Apps that want to be in the App Store for the iPhone have to be very well-behaved: no pictures of men in their underwear, no half-naked party boys, no hands below the belt, in fact nothing below the belt at all. Especially not naked. And, of course, the only thing stiff at Apple is the way it deals with gay content. American prudish standards apply to Steve Jobs' empire.
Gayromeo also felt the effects of this on Friday. Peter Steinberger, the developer of the "Mobile Romeo" app, with which Gayromeo.de can also be used on the move, will no longer generate any more sales in the Apple Store. His app was removed because users were said to have complained that they could see "inappropriate images" with it. After all, users with PlusAccounts can use it to access pornographic material on the move. This should not be allowed, and the fact that users have to log into their account to do this is of no interest to anyone at Apple.
Users who already use the small programme can continue to do so; there will be no new users for the five-euro application. Like all applications in the Apple Store, the app was thoroughly checked before it was released, but obviously not thoroughly enough.
It was only in February that Apple deleted thousands of applications from its store that did not appear modest enough, including many gay offerings. Steve Jobs reacted calmly to the widespread criticism that followed. Anyone who found the rules of the Apple Store too strict could use another service.
(Paul Schulz)
