Discord for iOS will block users from accessing all NSFW servers - 9to5Mac
Discord is making some changes to how it handles NSFW servers, and it will have a particular effect on users...
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Discord for iOS will block users from accessing all NSFW servers
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The reddit app on iOS blocks nsfw subreddits. The website obviously works fine.
Why is that obvious? I don't understand blocking NSFW content through specific apps but not through browsers.
For some reason I was surprised for like a split second that there are nsfw channels out there.
Didn't know about this Apple policy. Just had a look and it seems like the Steam app also does some filtering there.
Edit: that was just my content prefs, why did I do this to myself? 🙈
Didn't know about this Apple policy. Just had a look and it seems like the Steam app also does some filtering there.
Edit: that was just my content prefs, why did I do this to myself? 🙈
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I can access NSFW subreddits on the iOS app just fine.
You just have to go to Reddit on a browser and go to settings and mark a box saying that you're okay with NSFW subreddits.
Telling on myself here but an iOS user I can confirm this is not true. There's a toggle somewhere I clicked years ago and it hasn't been an issue.
What? No it doesn't, here in the U.K. anyway. I can access any subreddit via the iOS app with no issues. Is this stuff US only?
Edit: just saw the above posts, it's not a thing
Unacceptable. I love using my iPhone... but their policies block a lot of things that should be allowed. Adults can decide for themselves what they view on their own devices. Their policies go too far.
Yeah, let's block all those NSFW subreddits and let's block grindr and apps like that too while we're at it. Be sure to ban art community apps like PIXIV too since people post tons of drawn porn on there, no different from tumblr before it got zapped. If they go far enough, maybe we can finally get enough pushback to get them to change. Nobody wants to stick their neck out for adult content cause it makes them look like a creep, and that's part of why Apple keeps getting away with this.
I saw this coming because the Telegram app on iOS has blocked M-rated channels for years, when they were allowed on Android.
And no, the comment above about NSFW subreddits being blocked on the iOS app is not true.
Yeah, let's block all those NSFW subreddits and let's block grindr and apps like that too while we're at it. Be sure to ban art community apps like PIXIV too since people post tons of drawn porn on there, no different from tumblr before it got zapped. If they go far enough, maybe we can finally get enough pushback to get them to change. Nobody wants to stick their neck out for adult content cause it makes them look like a creep, and that's part of why Apple keeps getting away with this.
I saw this coming because the Telegram app on iOS has blocked M-rated channels for years, when they were allowed on Android.
And no, the comment above about NSFW subreddits being blocked on the iOS app is not true.
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Easily the most annoying thing about this is the fact that any Servers is in that are marked as NSFW is just for the sake of keeping children out. Things like a server for a musicians Patreon or a D&D podcast are things I wouldn't be able to access now from my iPad or phone unless I go through the web interface. And it especially seems like this is more Discord not wanting their app to be rated 17+ in the App Store and rather then doing like Reddit does and blocking NSFW stuff by default with an option to unblock in the web, discord is just going full scorched earth and blocking all NSFW servers from iOS devices.
I've enabled that toggle and it toggles itself off. I have not been able to successfully keep it enabled. It works for a time but then stops working. I'm using the official reddit app as far as I can tell.
This is not true. I still can access all my dirty dirty subreddits.
It reads more like Discord being overly-safe to not step on toes than anything mandated to them by Apple. As has been said multiple times, Reddit has a litany of NSFW areas and those are easily-accessible on iOS with just a web toggle.
This seems more like a preemptive blanket policy to combat child porn/illegal shit that would otherwise get the app delisted versus EW BOOBIES/PEENS.
It sucks they can't take a more targeted approach, but that would take precision moderation versus a bot or whatever it is catching this stuff.
It sucks they can't take a more targeted approach, but that would take precision moderation versus a bot or whatever it is catching this stuff.
Yeah, I guess you're right. The posts from people saying iOS Reddit app is able to view nsfw communities is what makes it strange to me. I use a third party app for reddit on iOS (Apollo) and I'm pretty sure it lets me browse anything I want, as well.
The article makes it sound like those servers would be fine, since the majority of their content/server theme wouldn't be NSFW.
According to the link, this was Discord's decision to this (new?) Apple guideline:
That's literally what Discord currently does... Seems like an overreaction on their part.
Seems consistent with their policies blocking unmoderated platforms from the app store. There are differences between a browser where you go to a porn site and an app that serves unmoderated content. And by unmoderated I mean by the platform itself, not a channel admin. This was the pretense that apple used to ban Parler.
