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"The item you've requested is not currently available in the U.S. store."

This article was originally posted on June 6th. It's now June 29th. After 23 days, this issue is still not resolved.

I'm not a user of the app or a fan, but I find this incredibly curious and sadly opaque.

It's a lot longer than 23 days; the core issue dates back to February. I'm actually not sure what has changed about their situation since February; most of the stuff on the OP was not new.

this issue is still not resolved

Not exactly. Apple's guidelines state that they do not want more "apps such as fart, burp, flashlight and Kama Sutra apps". So, this issue is resolved in the sense that Apple has successfully booted this app out of the App Store. Game over.

Apple still prevent users from choosing what software to run on the devices they own.

Obviously there are some people that want Kama Sutra apps, and there's nothing wrong with that.

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