[WaffleIronMaker]

I think it's reasonable to restrict pornography on a device intended to be used for AR in public.

From Apple's perspective, it's important that using the device in public doesn't have a stigma.

Otherwise, we don't need to wait for deepfake AI / AR apps to undress people.

Creeps could go in public, see a person they like, and put porn next to them without anyone knowing.

Without restricting porn, an AR device just becomes a machine to violate others boundaries. There's a reason cell phones in Japan cannot turn off the shutter sound.

[throwaway-blaze]

Given that they literally tell you not to wear the device outside (and that early reviewers showed how it stopped working in a moving car or on a moving train, the device stops displaying content when its accelerometer determines you might become nauseated by outside motion) I don't think this argument holds water.

MacBooks can access an unrestricted amount of porn yet the public doesn't immediately equate computer users -> using porn right now.

[dkonofalski]

This is factually inaccurate. It doesn't stop working in a moving car or train. The reviewers/users that were using it in those instances simply didn't turn on the Travel mode of the device. In order for the 3D windows to persist, they need tracking data. Travel mode disables the external tracking and leaves it as internal. It's less accurate but it's completely usable in a moving vehicle.

[lotsofpulp]

> Creeps could go in public, see a person they like, and put porn next to them without anyone knowing.

Does this affect anyone else more than imagining the same thing using one’s brain?

[refulgentis]

No, but that is a very, very, slippery slope, and there's a supermajority against enabling it.

[chrisjj]

But "without anyone knowing" means privately, and not in public, right?

[kaashif]

> Creeps could go in public, see a person they like, and put porn next to them without anyone knowing.

So uh, can't people already do this with phones? I could watch porn on the train in front of people right now?

What NEW boundary does AR violate?

[peteforde]

Crickets.

There is no new boundary except for the one puritans dream up. A holographic projection of their own inner monologue on the topic, if you will. ;)

It's all just so painfully dumb, and we have to weather the same arguments literally every time there's a new content format.

[beeboobaa]

Can't tell if this is satire or if you're being serious...

Just in case you're being serious, you realize that people can already imagine others naked in public or just snap a picture or video of them using their phone and upload it to your AI undressing service.

It being strapped to your head adds absolutely nothing, and you might be projecting your own fantasies.