{"id":363789,"date":"2010-02-25T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.phonedog.com:\/\/a657868799e0146362cf0fb36a7cab78"},"modified":"2010-02-25T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T16:45:00","slug":"article-apple-finds-a-home-for-explicit-apps-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/363789","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE: Apple finds a home for explicit apps &#8211; or not?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/2\/94868-500x_500x_expliciiittt.jpg\" alt=\"Explicit apps category\" width=\"500\" height=\"258\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amidst the disappointment felt by consumers over the removal of over 5,000 apps deemed inappropriate or offensive, there was a brief glimpse of hope discovered by developers in the form of a new &#8220;Explicit&#8221; category.&nbsp; The addition of such a category would suggest that the recently banned apps might have a home to return to by the time all is said and done.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this dream was short lived.&nbsp; Just as quickly as the new category was discovered in the morning, it was found missing later in the day.&nbsp; Apple confirmed the removal of the Explicit category via phone, but left the caller with a tiny ounce of hope, stating that while they are considering the new category in the future, &#8220;it&#8217;s not going to happen anytime soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the whole ordeal, check out Adriana&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/phonedog.com\/cell-phone-research\/blog\/apple-yanks-racy-apps.aspx?utm_source=Rss&#038;utm_cammpaign=PhoneDog&#038;umt_medium=Blog\" >article<\/a>.&nbsp; Where do you stand with Apple&#8217;s banning of apps? Sound off below!<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5479497\/apple-removes-explicit-option-from-itunes\" >Gizmodo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/62O7U2LLGTyeTvPBBpeT9EdVmRI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/62O7U2LLGTyeTvPBBpeT9EdVmRI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/62O7U2LLGTyeTvPBBpeT9EdVmRI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/62O7U2LLGTyeTvPBBpeT9EdVmRI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/phonedog_cellphoneblog\/~4\/WTPgoA9o0UU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst the disappointment felt by consumers over the removal of over 5,000 apps deemed inappropriate or offensive, there was a brief glimpse of hope discovered by developers in the form of a new &#8220;Explicit&#8221; category.&nbsp; The addition of such a category would suggest that the recently banned apps might have a home to return to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":671,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-363789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}