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RE2: iOS got rejected due to legal issue (Guideline 5.0 – Legal) Syria
- valdiorn 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem
- lifthrasiir 5y agoNote that in this case the Syriac alphabet does relate to Syria the country in which the script was used. Of course the script was also used in the modern-day Iraq and Iran as well, and support for a script is very different from support for a country.
- erickj 5y agowait a sec, is this post indicating that an app was rejected from the iOS app store simply for containing the string "Syria" in the binary? How would this not affect hundreds(?) of libraries?
- mcraiha 5y agoIt will since it is a result of automatic scanning. So next time someone submits an update for their app that uses same library, they will get same results. And then Apple will change this.
- worewood 5y agoExport restrictions on a country are one thing; now, censoring a language because it relates to said country is far more sinister
- pyuser583 5y agoWow that is messed up. I’m guessing the reviewer was not a native English speaker. Using this logic having support for Carthaginian script will violate the sanctions against Libya.
- rasz 5y agoHey, I read this exact same story two weeks ago https://sylviavanos.nl/blog/2021/12/24/google_play_hell.html https://sylviavanos.nl/blog/2021/12/24/google_play_hell.html
- lifthrasiir 5y agoJust to be clear: "exact same" refers to the platform holder's inaccurate automatic filtering, not the events themselves.