Apple's recent culling of soft porn apps has claimed at least two locally focussed apps, Singapore Girls and SG Girls -- Cute Photos.
These two apps, which featured photos of local women, are no longer available for download.
The great soft porn massacre also removed a number of apps that were regulars on the list of top 100 popular apps. These included such luminaries as Sexy Asian Girls and Asian Boobs.
Ong Junda, the developer behind SG Girls, has mixed feelings about this whole episode. "Coincidentally, few days before the ban, I released an app and it was placed far behind in the recent apps list," he says. "I ranted that the App Store is getting too crowded and these sexual apps were one of the causes. They are spamming the App Store with multiple apps of the same stuff, and I was irritated. So, I am happy that they are improving the quality."
However Junda feels that it was unjustified of Apple to pull SG Girls as it wasn't particularly explicit. He notes: "It was only rated 13+ :)"
The removal of sex-related apps is not something that the Singapore iPhone user is taking lying down though. He, and we're betting it's largely men who are fueling this, has found alternatives. Apps such as 69 Positions Lite and Adult Sex Trick are now nestled comfortably in the list of top 100 free apps. In fact, Sex Positions Game is currently number six in the Singapore store.
(Note: Title has been changed to correct year of massacre.)
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