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A comment on Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right. Parent comment

Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by christkv on Monday June 20, 2022 @06:19AM (#31808499)
They could have just enforced a age limit on the app instead and let the platform decide if they were ok with 18+ or not
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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by Mindwipe on Monday June 20, 2022 @07:28AM (#31809016)
No, they couldn't. Multiple developers have said that Apple did not consider this acceptable. The Apple app review team is capricious and does not follow their own published guidelines, and that is not news.

This was also an issue with Discord - Discord still doesn't (by Apple didact) permit some servers with adult content in the iOS app, because Apple said there was no way to do so and remain in the store.

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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by zimpenfish on Monday June 20, 2022 @12:17PM (#31812107)
> Multiple developers have said that Apple did not consider this acceptable.

Given that the problem with Tumblr was the accessibility of CSAM, I think Apple are probably on the right side here saying "just marking it 18+ is not ok" since, y'know, the issue wasn't that "CSAM is available to minors" but "CSAM is available to anyone".

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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by robonerd on Monday June 20, 2022 @05:05PM (#31815926)
Is there any reason to believe reddit didn't/doesn't have this same exact problem?

I think Tumblr was singled out and made an example of because they had a narrower user demographic spread, particularly popular with young women. In cynical business logic, this made them a safer target for bullying than a site with broader appeal like reddit, facebook or twitter.

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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by Jcowell on Monday June 20, 2022 @10:42AM (#31810914)
What servers ? I’ve seen a couple with full on adult content.
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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by Mindwipe on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @04:42AM (#31821733)
https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500005292701-...

"Additionally, a subset of age-restricted servers that are specifically focused on explicit pornographic content will be blocked entirely on iOS. "

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Re:Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right by Macha on Monday June 20, 2022 @01:06PM (#31812747)
Partnered servers at least. The ffxiv subreddit server had to remove porn after discord partnership. I think nominally the rules are the same for all public servers, but much like early Reddit, or indeed like Tumblr, Discord does not have the moderation capability to actually enforce that.
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