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Is Apple Taking Sexy Back? Raunchy Apps Vanish From the App Store

Apple App Store is removing sex-themed apps, citing graphic content guidelines and consumer complaints about overtly sexual content.

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Is Apple trying to sweep sex under the rug? Online reports suggest that the tech giant is looking to purge the App Store's shelves of sex-themed apps. Some tech sites have noticed that sexy apps like "Sexy Women" and "Exotic Positions" that were previously available are now missing from the App Store. The case of the missing sex-apps surfaced when the developer behind adult-themed app "Wobble iBoobs," Jon Atherton, received a notification from Apple saying his app was being removed from the App Store for being too graphic. TechCrunch reports on the email Atherton received from Apple:

Your application, Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored), contains content that we had originally believed to be suitable for distribution. However, we have recently received numerous complaints from our customers about this type of content, and have changed our guidelines appropriately. We have decided to remove any overtly sexual content from the App Store, which ...

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