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Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast

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Re: Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast

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Post by wpietri »

cowpewter wrote: post #6

"No nudity" is a lot more strict than just "no porn". Does that mean that, for example, you could not make a Flickr app that lets you slideshow your photostream on your TV because Flickr allows artistic nudity? Or could you, but you'd have to restrict it to only show photos that are marked as 'Safe' in the safety filter? What about similar sites that don't have multiple content safety categories?

I'm pretty sure it means, "Don't do anything that Google worries might get them bad press in the US."

If you'd like to know the details of that, just ask! Just ask your nearest lamppost, garbage can, or alley cat. They're much easier to reach than developer support at Google, and they're almost as likely to give you a useful answer.

Re: Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast

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Post by forrestthewoods »

greenyoda wrote: post #10

Looks like Google just lost a large percentage of the entertainment market: - The large percentage of people who like porn, plus... - The smaller (but outspoken) percentage of people who don't like to be told what content they're allowed to watch on the devices that they've purchased. We'll see if the market segment they're trying to attract with this policy (families with children, if I had to guess) will make up fo…

So... it's like iOS, YouTube, and countless other environments that enable User Generated Content?

Re: Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast

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Post by phenol »

greenyoda wrote: post #10

Looks like Google just lost a large percentage of the entertainment market: - The large percentage of people who like porn, plus... - The smaller (but outspoken) percentage of people who don't like to be told what content they're allowed to watch on the devices that they've purchased. We'll see if the market segment they're trying to attract with this policy (families with children, if I had to guess) will make up fo…

I seriously doubt the correlation between "liking porn" and "refusal to purchase a device that does not have official porn apps, especially considering I could stream porn from my phone or computer to my Chromecast just fine. In fact, if I'm being honest, I never install porn apps, even on devices that allow them, even if I intend on watching porn on them anyway.

Re: Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast

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Post by aestra »

scarecrowbob wrote: post #8
cowpewter wrote: post #6

"No nudity" is a lot more strict than just "no porn". Does that mean that, for example, you could not make a Flickr app that lets you slideshow your photostream on your TV because Flickr allows artistic nudity? Or could you, but you'd have to restrict it to only show photos that are marked as 'Safe' in the safety filter? What about similar sites that don't have multiple content safety categories?

Or what if you had an app that guided folks through self-exams for testicular or breast cancer?

YouTube allows this type of nudity.

Re: Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast

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Post by yogo »

pekk wrote: post #7
yogo wrote: post #3

Yep because porn will bring the world to an end... unbelievable.

Their concern is more likely that it will bring Chromecast to an end

Prohibiting porn is right up there with alcohol and other banned substances. People will always find a way to get it.

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Post by richforrester »

aestra wrote: post #14
scarecrowbob wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or what if you had an app that guided folks through self-exams for testicular or breast cancer?

YouTube allows this type of nudity.

Anecdotally, during last year's annual Christmas Monopoly game, my mother-in-law (who was out the game early) flashed us a YouTube movie of a lady getting her privates waxed, asking what the f was up with YouTube for allowing this.

I must say it quite surprised me this type of content was allowed/condoned.

Re: Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast

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Post by jhvh1134 »

yogo wrote: post #15
pekk wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Their concern is more likely that it will bring Chromecast to an end

Prohibiting porn is right up there with alcohol and other banned substances. People will always find a way to get it.

I don't think that they are trying to ban it's existence all-together, just within chromecast.

Re: Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast

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Post by leobelle »

fidotron wrote: post #2

It'll be interesting to see if they stick to this globally. The distinctly American prudishness regarding sex is almost a mirror image of large parts of the world with respect to cinematic violence. It's part of why you can be so sure these west coast companies will never monopolise the market in Germany, for example.

> "American prudishness"

This is just name calling, and Americans get shit on for being culturally insensitive...

Pornography is awful stuff. It exploits the way our minds work, and ruins peace and happiness. This isn't religiosity, I don't believe in the supernatural. It's just something I've come to learn as I've gotten older.

Re: Google makes it official: no porn apps for Chromecast

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Post by hawkharris »

In related news, developers are welcome to cast shootings, stabbings, explosions and other gory images.

Graphic violence seems to enjoy greater protection than nudity, both culturally and legally, in the U.S. For example, there's the variable obscenity standard, which shields children from sexual images but not images of extreme violence:

http://www.communitydefense.org/cdcdocs/obscenityman/ch10.pd...

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