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What’s worse, Reddit disables NSFW/porn content in Incognito on iOS Safari and prompts you to install the app. How that got past Apple is beyond me.

by bnt 6y ago

andy_ppp 6y ago
More evidence that Reddit hate their users. Make something people don't want and force them to use it by building an evil moat?
- kmonsen 6y ago
  Every platform that grows large/ is successful will eventually "hate it's users" as it needs to be profitable. Currently that means, at least for the solved version, invading privacy/showing ads/selling user information.
mcintyre1994 6y ago
Apple don't have any editorial control of iOS Safari, and I doubt they'd ever reject an app because of a website trying to force you to use it.
- pr0zac 6y ago
  I believe the point they are trying to make is Reddit is tying access to pornography to installing the app, thus making an explicit connection between porn and their app, while Apple bans apps featuring adult content from the app store completely.
  - ascagnel_ 6y ago
    That ban has been leaky for a while -- HBO & Cinemax have carried pornographic content for decades, yet both have apps in the App Store. On top of that, you could buy HBO & Cinemax directly from Apple before the launch of HBO MAX earlier this year.
    - barbecue_sauce 6y ago
      It’s a stretch to call anything on HBO or Cinemax pornographic.
      - 310260 6y ago
        I dunno. Cinemax had the reputation of being "Skinemax" for a while. They've moved out of the business though.
      - bigbubba 6y ago
        Cinemax at least shows content that is softcore erotica by any definition. Though from what my [dead] sibling comment says, maybe they no longer have this sort of programming.
        ascagnel_ 6y ago
        From looking over their Wikipedia entry, it looks like Cinemax has backed away from adult content, but the last time I was a subscriber (around 2016/2017), their app had a less-than-obvious "late night" section buried in its navigation.
tt433 6y ago
Does Safari have a "use desktop site" option?
- bnt 6y ago
  Interesting, forcing mobile Safari to pretend it’s a desktop solves the issue.
  - tt433 6y ago
    Yes, unfortunately reddit pays engineers to obfuscate use cases so they can push notifications and steal your attention. The mobile app didn't even have (lasi I checked) a (n intuitive) way to get to r/friends short of actually clicking on a link to that feed a user has posted. The lights are on but it seems no one is home
rootsudo 6y ago
Best of all, it promises it's anonymous if you install the app.
- mtnygard 6y ago
  That seems to be both an implausible claim and hard for a user to verify.
TechBro8615 6y ago
IIRC iOS rule is that adult content can’t be discoverable. That’s why NSFW subreddits don’t autocomplete, for example.
dutchmartin 6y ago
They do for their current site, but old.Reddit.com is still available with all content unblocked.
quotemstr 6y ago
That websites can tell whether a user is using incognito mode is an egregious browser bug.

What’s worse, Reddit disables NSFW/porn content in Incognito on iOS Safari and prompts you to install the app. How that got past Apple is beyond me.

by bnt 6y ago

What’s worse, Reddit disables NSFW/porn content in Incognito on iOS Safari and prompts you to install the app. How that got past Apple is beyond me.

andy_ppp 6y ago

More evidence that Reddit hate their users. Make something people don't want and force them to use it by building an evil moat?

kmonsen 6y ago
Every platform that grows large/ is successful will eventually "hate it's users" as it needs to be profitable. Currently that means, at least for the solved version, invading privacy/showing ads/selling user information.

mcintyre1994 6y ago

Apple don't have any editorial control of iOS Safari, and I doubt they'd ever reject an app because of a website trying to force you to use it.

pr0zac 6y ago
I believe the point they are trying to make is Reddit is tying access to pornography to installing the app, thus making an explicit connection between porn and their app, while Apple bans apps featuring adult content from the app store completely.
- ascagnel_ 6y ago
  That ban has been leaky for a while -- HBO & Cinemax have carried pornographic content for decades, yet both have apps in the App Store. On top of that, you could buy HBO & Cinemax directly from Apple before the launch of HBO MAX earlier this year.
  - barbecue_sauce 6y ago
    It’s a stretch to call anything on HBO or Cinemax pornographic.
    - 310260 6y ago
      I dunno. Cinemax had the reputation of being "Skinemax" for a while. They've moved out of the business though.
    - bigbubba 6y ago
      Cinemax at least shows content that is softcore erotica by any definition. Though from what my [dead] sibling comment says, maybe they no longer have this sort of programming.
      - ascagnel_ 6y ago
        From looking over their Wikipedia entry, it looks like Cinemax has backed away from adult content, but the last time I was a subscriber (around 2016/2017), their app had a less-than-obvious "late night" section buried in its navigation.

tt433 6y ago

Does Safari have a "use desktop site" option?

bnt 6y ago
Interesting, forcing mobile Safari to pretend it’s a desktop solves the issue.
- tt433 6y ago
  Yes, unfortunately reddit pays engineers to obfuscate use cases so they can push notifications and steal your attention. The mobile app didn't even have (lasi I checked) a (n intuitive) way to get to r/friends short of actually clicking on a link to that feed a user has posted. The lights are on but it seems no one is home

rootsudo 6y ago

Best of all, it promises it's anonymous if you install the app.

mtnygard 6y ago
That seems to be both an implausible claim and hard for a user to verify.

TechBro8615 6y ago

IIRC iOS rule is that adult content can’t be discoverable. That’s why NSFW subreddits don’t autocomplete, for example.

dutchmartin 6y ago

They do for their current site, but old.Reddit.com is still available with all content unblocked.

quotemstr 6y ago

That websites can tell whether a user is using incognito mode is an egregious browser bug.