Bogdan Popa
But it appears that the decision to pull the
third-party clients from the store is not in any way related to the
launch of the official app, but to the NSFW content that these apps are
actually providing access to.
Although Apple hasn’t said anything officially yet,
the company has already talked with several developers whose apps got
pulled from the store and has told them that, by allowing users to
access NSFW content, their apps violate clause 18.2 of the App Review
Guidelines.
What’s odd, however, is that Cupertino pulled all
these apps without prior notice, but the company actually contacted
developers of the official reddit client to tell them about the
violation and release an update in order to comply with requirements.
“We were asked to update our apps (AB and Reddit
Official) to remove the ‘Safe for Work Browsing’ toggle. This is a
feature we previously refined with Apple’s help. We were surprised by
the notice,” the reddit team said in a statement a few minutes ago.
“We just resubmitted our build. We were not informed
that Apple would be removing other apps. We were very upset to see that
they did. Honestly, if we were interested in getting rid of 3rd party
apps (which we’re not!!!), this would be the stupidest possible way to
accomplish it. We suggest all 3rd party apps similarly remove settings
for safe for work browsing.”
Updates expected for all apps
Several developers whose apps got pulled from the
store confirmed that they were asked to tweak NSFW toggles in their
apps, so all reddit clients should return in the store as soon as an
update in this regard is released.
“Apple asked me to remove my NSFW toggle and
resubmit. It's not clear if that means remove the option to hide NSFW
content or block all NSFW content period. Apple told me ‘It would be
appropriate to remove the toggle and pornography present within the
app,’” Eggplant developer explained in a post on reddit.
Apple hasn’t yet issued a statement on this, but all
reddit clients are expected to return to the store as soon as their
devs make the requested changes and resubmit apps.
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