Want Porn? Buy an Android Phone, Steve Jobs Says
The rules about what types of content can and can't be in Apple's App Store are still fuzzy, but one thing's certain: Steve Jobs doesn't want to sell porn.
Despite yesterday's iPhone debacle, Jobs was still in a chatty-enough mood to respond to a concerned customer's e-mail questioning Apple's role as "moral police" of its App Store. The customer, Matthew Browing, was referring to the App Store's initial rejection of an app containing Mark Fiore's Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoon, as well as the company's recent porn ban.
In his reply, Jobs admitted that rejecting Fiore's app was a mistake, and he wasn't shy about advertising his biggest competitor's product as a phone for porn lovers:
Fiore’s app will be in the store shortly. That was a mistake. However, we do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone. Folks who want porn can buy and [sic] Android phone.
