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This is a non-issue. Apple keeps a tight lock-down on its devices, particularly its iOS devices. That's not news. The idea that Apple "rates all web browsers as 'porno'" is simply a sensationalist way of saying that Apple acknowledges that pornography is available on the internet, and it wants to make certain that its users are aware of that. The only thing odd I see in this story is that different browsers seem to have different descriptions about why they are rated the way they are when, presumably, every browser is capable of accessing pretty much the same content, with the exception of browsers specifically designed to give access to Flash content. The rating of the apps is simply a heads up to parents who may have already chosen to block access to Safari on their children's devices. It's simply saying, "This application provides access to the internet, and the internet contains a lot of adult content." Browsers are not the only applications Apple treats this way. It may seem onerous to some, but really it's just one more button to click, and it provides one more line of defense for parents who want to limit their children's access to adult content. It doesn't stop any adult from accessing any content. There are situations where I think Apple is too restrictive, but this does not seem to be one of them. This seems to be a group of people looking for something to gripe about and grasping at straws.
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