I like my tech like I like my ethics... without a morality clause.

So I just read a short article in which Steve Jobs, in all of his high holy Apple-ness, responded to someone asking about what is and is not approved.  Jobs said:

“we do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone.”

And that is why I will not buy an Apple product.  Ever.

I like my technology run the way I like my ethics; present but not forced upon others.  People should be ethical.  I prefer the companies I fund to be run in an ethical manner as well.  But I would not want an ethical person to force their cause of ethics on me.  For instance, if someone has a set of ethics founded on religious morality I can appreciate their ethical behavior but will fight them on their religious morality.  I hope companies are run with an ethical code but when they try to instill their morality on me I call it quits.

Jobs and Apple are openly happy pushing their morality down on users.  If they were just ethical in the app store I'd be fine with that.  An ethically run app store would insure that there are no spyware apps, no malware apps, that the programmers get a good cut of profit.  A moral app store will judgments based on what the company sees as truths and values.  A moral apps store would block porn and political opinions expressed in a way they are not comfortable with.

Apple, I don't want your morality and I find your treatment of all customers as moronic children offensive.

“Folks who want porn can buy and [sic] Android phone.“

And if folks want to be able to exercise personal judgment on  what sort of content should be on their phone they should also choose Android.  Thank you for finally admitting that you want lifetime control over devices that you have sold and therefore no longer own.  And thank you for pointing people to a competing platform that will actually serve their needs.