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I mean, Apple could just put a warning on it in the app store. Give parental controls, don't run ads on it. But effectively shutting down access to it is egregi
by Dig1t 4y ago
I mean, Apple could just put a warning on it in the app store. Give parental controls, don't run ads on it. But effectively shutting down access to it is egregious IMO in a time where they are a gatekeeper of information for 55% of the population (at least in the US).
- rolenthedeep 4y agoYou can always access it through a browser. The app is kind of terrible on its own, the browser version is generally better. Apple can't paste parental controls over an external service. The only thing they can do is not distribute the app until it does provide parental controls, which is what's happening now. Apple is declining to distribute the app on their store because it doesn't meet their safety and moderation standards. Lbry clearly doesn't meet the standards, and AFAIK don't really intend to moderate the service at all. This isn't censorship. Censoring lbry would be blocking the domain on all ios devices, meaning you couldn't even access it through a browser. The app store has rules, and lbry doesn't want to follow those rules, and this is the consequence. Whether or not those rules are a good thing is a separate conversation, but it's in the general category of Brands and Moderation that's being discussed everywhere these days.