Gatekeepers and Librarians

At some point, Apple will need to make a hard decision.

Right now, there’s a heavily ‘family friendly’ vibe exuding from the content gatekeepers at Apple. I’m not a fan of this for any numbers of reasons, but I can see why they do it, why this direction has been handed down from on high. Apple is selling the content. If someone’s going to get sued for providing something, well, they’ve got the deepest pockets, they’ll probably be first on the list, and for whatever reason, they’re not prepared to be a test case just yet.

However, Apple will be well aware that adult entertainment is one of the key drivers for technology adoption.

My prediction, is that there will be a section of the so-called walled garden designed to allow adult content. Access to that part of the garden will be restricted in some ‘hard enough’ to get around manner, preventing most of those for whom access is not allowed from entry.