In what really isn’t a surprising move given their much publicized store policies, just days after buying streaming video provider Vudu, Walmart has announced it is shutting down it’s After Dark service, which discreetly provided hundreds of adult films to its subscribers. The service was the only major service with such a large and up to date library.
Walmart is well known for censoring music, movies, books and magazines sold in their stores. They insist that any CD carrying a Parental Advisory be edited, and that every movie with an NC-17 rating being edited to an R. They refuse to carry magazines like Stuff and Maxim, cover up mags like Cosmo and Redbook, and refuse to carry any unrated “Director’s Cut” movies.
Given those practices I suppose the closing of After Dark was expected, but I’m sure there are some unhappy customers out there!
Original Post @Gadgetell
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