Mommy Apple's anti sexting

Nanny Apple

“ Apple Patents Anti-Sexting Device Today the US Patent and Trademark Office approved a patent  Apple filed in 2008, which, get this, prevents users from sending or receiving “objectionable” text messages.  The patent’s official title? “Text-based communication control for personal communication device” which actually doesn’t use the pretty ridiculous noun/verb “Sexting,” but come on, we all know what they mean. The “Sexting” patent background info states that the problem it solves is that there is currently “No way to monitor and control text communications to make them user appropriate. For example, users such as children may send or receive messages (intentionally or not) with parentally objectionable language.” After years of watching Apple operate, here's my guess.  The company certainly knows that implementing this will send the teen/young adult market to non-iPhone phone products.  So, they must have good reason to think that congress will mandate it, as they did the  V-chip.  Apple's competitors will then have to pay them a royalty.  Of course they could not have anticipated the pending congressional bloodbath that will neuter, if not kill many of their paid-for lap dogs.  Historically, fascist government controls industries produce; we may be in an era where tech is leading the way (see surveillance cams).