“Hottest Girls” gone from iTunes store
“This is the first app to have nudity,” Hottest Girls developer Allen Leung told Macenstein editor Dr Macenstein Wednesday, after adding photos of topless models to his app. Hottest Girls had previously displayed photos of models in lingerie.
It’s generally believed that Leung presumed Apple might ignore him, because parental controls built into the new iPhone 3.0 software would enable parents to block Leung’s app automatically.
Instead, Hottest Girls is no longer available in the App Store. It doesn’t appear in a search. You can click the direct link to it, but you won’t be able to download or buy the app.
Update: Leung says Apple didn’t disable the app, he did:
The Hottest Girls app is temporarily sold out. The server usage is extremely high because of the popularity of this app. Thus, by not distributing the app, we can prevent our servers from crashing. Those who already have the app will still be able to use our app. To answer the question on everyone’s mind: Yes, the topless images will still be there when it is sold again.
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