Comment by noxer
5 years ago
Its because google wants to give the apps to kids which they can not do if the apps show porn. Its should however not include user generated content that has to be searched on these apps. Else a browser would have to be removed too.
Pardon my ignorance but I really don't know why kids should not be allowed to watch porn. I tried to look it up, but all results I looked at either claim it is ok for children to watch porn or just jump to teach you how to prevent your children from watching porn while assuming you already know why porn is harmful. Honestly, I doubt that there will be significant damage, especially if the people watching are already 16 or 17 years old.
However, that is not my expertise, so I can't say for sure that it is completely ok for teenager to watch porn.
Nevertheless, for the sake of this conversation, let's say, it is indeed really harmful for underage people to watch porn. Then, why don't Google or Apple just make a toggle? Or, since you already need an account to use Google Play or iOS App Store, just filter out all the porn apps when the users are deemed to be too young to properly enjoy porn. The fact that it is dangerous for a 6-year-old to drive a car does not mean cars should be banned for the entire humanity.
On the other hand, if watching porn for young people is indeed that harmful (enough for justifying banning them altogether on the largest 2 mobile app distribution platform), the future of humanity is already doomed, because they can already open up Google and search "porn" and start watching them.
>Pardon my ignorance but I really don't know why kids should not be allowed to watch porn.
How is that relevant? The law in any relevant place says you are not allowed to show porn to kids. Google has to follow that. Harmful or not is completely irrelevant same with the fact that kinds can use a browser to search porn. No one cares. Everyone just does whatever is needed to not get sued so they all do the same and delete visible unrequested/non-searched porn because that would trigger adults to sue. Its not about right/wrong its just money/lawsuits/PR damage etc.
You are right, I had my first playboy calendar when I was 8 years old. All this secrecy how we are made and how people like to do that is depressing. We are just a bunch filthy animals.
Considering women in 60s sue men for sexual experience in their teens suggest some women are not suited for it in teens or even 20s for this matter.
I can guarantee you that nobody has ever been sued for having a "sexual experience". The word you're avoiding is rape.
Pornography and hyper-sexualized media (music, film, tv) absolutely has an affect on peoples perception of healthy relationships. Let kids be kids and develop naturally without the bombardment of increasingly depraved media. Call me a prude but empiracally I see a correlation between conservative views on sex and happy/healthy relationships later in life. I don't know a single "sex positive" person in a stable marriage/relationship where as all of my conservative friends are happily married on the first try.
With regards to porn addiction, masturbation leads to lower testosterone levels which directly correlate to depression, weight gain, lack of motivation, etc. in men. We know women judge themselves and their own bodies critically based on what they see in the media. Porn and social media sets unrealistic standards for both genders.