OnlyFans' back and forth on adult content ban / Tim Cooks Apple, ten years later

Published: Aug. 27, 2021, 8 a.m.

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex, Cranz, and Adi Robertson discuss why OnlyFans planned to prohibit sexually explicit content on their platform and why it reversed its position days later.\nSecond half of the show, the crew discuss Tim Cook's ten years as Apple CEO, iPhone 13 rumors, and the whole bunch of tech news you may have missed.\nFurther reading:\n\nPfizer\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine gets full FDA approval\n\nUS COVID-19 data has never been good enough\n\nVidCon cancels its 2021 event, says next one will be in June 2022\n\nThe Pfizer vaccine will be officially called Comirnaty, for some reason\n\nOnlyFans to prohibit sexually explicit content beginning\n\nSex workers made OnlyFans valuable \u2014 then it sold them out\n\nOnlyFans pushes SFW app on iOS and Android as it tries\n\nOnlyFans' inexplicable ban on porn might be explained\n\nOnlyFans CEO on why it banned adult content\n\nOnlyFans says never mind, it actually won\u2019t ban porn on October 1st\n\nJoe Biden reportedly hosting cybersecurity meeting with Tim Cook, Satya Nadella, and Andy Jassy attending\n\nGoogle and Microsoft promise billions to help bolster US cybersecurity\n\nFacebook is reportedly forming an election commission that it will announce in the fall\n\nTim Cook\u2019s Apple, ten years later\n\nApple will take a smaller cut of publishers\u2019 sales if they join Apple News\n\nS.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple \u2026,\n\nHigher-end Mac Mini reportedly landing \u2018in the next several months\u2019\n\n'iPhone 13' Name Emerges on Alleged Packaging Stickers\n\nApple Watch Series 7: Leaked images show 41mm and 45mm bands\n\nTSMC is raising chip prices as supply shortages continue\n\nApple to Release iOS 15 iCloud Private Relay as a Public Beta\n\niCloud+'s New Custom Email Domain Feature Now Available in Beta\n\nKanye West\u2019s new Donda Stem Player will apparently let you \u2018customize any song\u2019\n\nSnapchat\u2019s new AR features can identify the world around you\n\nThe manual for Facebook\u2019s Project Aria AR glasses shows what it\u2019s like to wear them\n\nFitbit\u2019s new Charge 5 has a rounded design and a color screen\n\n\nMicrosoft\u2019s Panos Panay now directly advises CEO Satya Nadella\xa0\n\nMicrosoft announces $549 Halo-themed Xbox Series X console\n\nXbox consoles are getting xCloud this holiday so you can stream before you download\n\nElon Musk says Tesla is working on humanoid robots\n\nDon\u2019t overthink it: Elon Musk\u2019s Tesla Bot is a joke\n\nAlaska Airlines evacuated a plane after a phone burst into flame\n\nSamsung will let you unlock your Z Fold 3\u2019s bootloader, but at the cost of your cameras\n\nJoe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence\xa0\n\nMaking it work 2021\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices