A sharp, hi-definition screen, all-day battery life, decent audio capabilities, a comfortable form factor and up-market audience all lend to the iPad's appeal for porn producers, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs is definitely not welcoming "the other Hollywood" to develop content for the device — despite growing consumer demand for mobilized erotica.
Jobs latest anti-porn remarks came during a chat with Gawker.com blogger Ryan Tate.
"If Dylan was 20 today, how would he feel about your company?" Tate asked Jobs, referring to counter-culture musician Bob Dylan, of whom Jobs is a fan. "Would he think the iPad had the faintest thing to do with 'revolution'? Revolutions are about freedom."
Jobs replied that the iPad is all about freedom.
"Yep, freedom from programs that steal your private data. Freedom from programs that trash your battery. Freedom from porn," Jobs stated, ignoring the fact that as an Internet enabled device, a world of porn is only a click or two away for iPad users — with or without the help of the App Store.
Tate, however, seemingly has different ideas about porn needing to be free.
"I don't want 'freedom from porn'," Tate wrote. "Porn is just fine!"
Jobs has "the children" in mind, however.
"You might care more about porn when you have kids," Jobs replied, ignoring or not realizing that the adult industry-backed Restricted To Adults (RTA) meta label prevents unauthorized access to age-restricted material — even on an iPad.
Apple and Gawker have been at odds over a number of issues, including Gawker's recent revelations of the "new" iPhone — and subsequent police raid on the blogger's home who wrote the iPhone story.