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Re:Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual ga... by threeseed on Saturday November 07, 2020 @09:46PM (#25022357)
You understand that there is more to the world than the US.

Every country has regulations for music/movies/TV. US and a handful of other countries have them for games and I am not aware of any for apps.

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Re:Apple blocks game streaming services unless individual ga... by ThatPlayer on Sunday November 08, 2020 @12:34AM (#25023317)
That's why I'm asking what regulations are there? I'm not claiming they don't exist. If something like Minecraft Story Mode is a movie on Netflix, what movie ratings does it have? For example, I can find it on ESRB's website rating, but it's not like it's on MPA's https://www.filmratings.com/

https://www.esrb.org/ratings/34178/Minecraft%3A+Story+Mode+-...

Meanwhile Netflix's own Bandersnatch is not ESRB rated, and isn't too different as a game. Yet Apple has supported both of these perfectly fine regardless of their lack of proper ratings.

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