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A quick look shows any number 500px browsing apps still on the store. But they're all rated 12+ or 17+. Which makes me wonder if 500px didn't mark their app a

by roc 14y ago

A quick look shows any number 500px browsing apps still on the store. But they're all rated 12+ or 17+. Which makes me wonder if 500px didn't mark their app accordingly? Or perhaps they used to, but then switched it to a lower rating thinking their 'safe search' toggle was sufficient?

3pt14159 14y ago
We were called by Apple to let us know; they specifically told us to completely block even artistic nudes. Although I'm not sure of their stance on photos of Michaelangelo's David (see: http://500px.com/photo/765271 http://500px.com/photo/765271). I'll have to get someone on the phone over there. (NSFA warning: Nipples)
- Simucal 14y ago
  Why doesn't the Bing app have to adhere to these same restrictions?
  - bookwormAT 14y ago
    because the app store restrictions are guidelines how to please Apple, not rules. Apple can let hard porn through the app store and block letterpress if they like to. Maybe Bing is just a more important strategic partner than 500px
- roc 14y ago
  Just to be clear, I was wondering about some other circumstance -- perhaps naively -- because I thought Apple had seen the error in this sort of nonsense, so I wondered if there was some other explanation or consideration. If Apple is indeed getting back into the game of selective, uneven enforcement of their guidelines, it's a monumental fuck-up.
  - adamgravitis 14y ago
    "a monumental fuck-up." - no pun intended, I'm sure ;-)
  - jasonlotito 14y ago
    > If Apple is indeed getting back into the game of selective, uneven enforcement of their guidelines... This never stopped. Selective enforcement is a policy that they enforce, and have freely admitted to.
- jpxxx 14y ago
  You submitted an ad with tits in it to an -American- broadcast network and asked them to run it during kids cartoons. They said no. Enjoy your free press. (Seeiously though: love your service)
tchebotarev 14y ago
It was marked 12+, as the default experience for any new users is "Safe".
- fotoblur 14y ago
  http://i.imgur.com/GESYvRs.jpg http://i.imgur.com/GESYvRs.jpg shows 4+ and a reviewer who said it wasn't safe.
gte910h 14y ago
500px was set to 4+. See the above link from me showing the google cached result. I think 12+ would have probably let them be okay, but I could see apple requiring 17+

by roc 14y ago

3pt14159 14y ago

We were called by Apple to let us know; they specifically told us to completely block even artistic nudes. Although I'm not sure of their stance on photos of Michaelangelo's David (see: http://500px.com/photo/765271 http://500px.com/photo/765271). I'll have to get someone on the phone over there. (NSFA warning: Nipples)

Simucal 14y ago
Why doesn't the Bing app have to adhere to these same restrictions?
- bookwormAT 14y ago
  because the app store restrictions are guidelines how to please Apple, not rules. Apple can let hard porn through the app store and block letterpress if they like to. Maybe Bing is just a more important strategic partner than 500px
roc 14y ago
Just to be clear, I was wondering about some other circumstance -- perhaps naively -- because I thought Apple had seen the error in this sort of nonsense, so I wondered if there was some other explanation or consideration. If Apple is indeed getting back into the game of selective, uneven enforcement of their guidelines, it's a monumental fuck-up.
- adamgravitis 14y ago
  "a monumental fuck-up." - no pun intended, I'm sure ;-)
- jasonlotito 14y ago
  > If Apple is indeed getting back into the game of selective, uneven enforcement of their guidelines... This never stopped. Selective enforcement is a policy that they enforce, and have freely admitted to.
jpxxx 14y ago
You submitted an ad with tits in it to an -American- broadcast network and asked them to run it during kids cartoons. They said no. Enjoy your free press. (Seeiously though: love your service)

tchebotarev 14y ago

It was marked 12+, as the default experience for any new users is "Safe".

fotoblur 14y ago
http://i.imgur.com/GESYvRs.jpg http://i.imgur.com/GESYvRs.jpg shows 4+ and a reviewer who said it wasn't safe.

gte910h 14y ago

500px was set to 4+. See the above link from me showing the google cached result. I think 12+ would have probably let them be okay, but I could see apple requiring 17+