Want to see a supermodel jiggle on your iPhone? Sorry, there’s no app for that. At least not anymore.
In an apparent response to complaints, Apple has removed Wobble iBoobs from the ranks of the more than 100,000 available downloads in its App Store last month. And in a message to other purveyors of racy content, the computer giant is warning developers to behave.
According to reports Friday, John Atherton, the designer of Wobble iBoobs, received a letter from Apple telling him that his app was inappropriate. The program allows the user to designate zones of a photo that will wobble when the iPhone is shaken. While this trick can be applied to a photo of a martini shaker or a pogo stick, the app’s name makes its intention pretty clear.
The letter reportedly read, “The App Store continues to evolve, and as such, we are constantly refining our guidelines. 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.”
However, several tech writers on Friday were noting which programs were, and were not, still available, and some noted that titles similar to “iBoobs” were still live. Some speculated that it may take time to purge the App Store of iPorn, while others noted that Apple has a history of inconsistency in its screening process.
“Whenever we receive customer complaints about objectionable content, we review them,” Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller told us. “If we find these apps contain inappropriate material, we remove them and request the developer make any necessary changes in order to be distributed by Apple.”
But when asked if apps that might be more explicit, but have received no complaints, would continue to…