Android Market To Show Content Ratings. Devs: Get Them In Or Be Labeled “Mature”

As Apple CEO Steve Jobs like to point out , the Android Market is great for users who want to find porn. While that may not be exactly true, other Android-based stores are trying to make it true . And perhaps perception was getting too close to reality, as today, Google has announced that in the next few weeks, they'll be showing content ratings for all apps listed in the Market. While Android has previously had a content rating policy , prior to this, these ratings were not surfaced to users. Nor does it seem like they were strictly enforced. As a result, it was difficult to distinguish an app with mature content from those that were meant for kids. Now, all apps in the Market will be required to show one of four content rating levels: All, Pre-teen, Teen, & Mature, Google's Eric Chu writes today.