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minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up56arrow-down2·11 months agoshould have left the titties yo
minus-squareJoJoGAH@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoThis pissed me off too. They kept the violence but lost sex. What a winning strategy.
minus-squaresushibowl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months ago“Keep the violence, lose the sex” is true American morals in a nutshell. It’s unavoidable for any thing attempting to break into the mainstream.
minus-squareBeefPiano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoThey brought them back a while ago, but no porn because then they get kicked off the Google and Apple app stores, and can’t process credit cards.
minus-squarestella@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoCould’ve been a great opportunity to teach users how to sideload apps.
minus-squareTedrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoYou seem to know what you’re talking about. Why can Reddit have porn and do those things but Tumblr can’t?
minus-squareBeefPiano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoBecause the rules aren’t enforced equally. There’s really no other way to put it. Twitter too. They’re big enough that they get special treatment. App Store and Play Store approvals are famously capricious, with little room for appeals. Take a look at this nightmare of trying to get an app approved for OwnCast, the Fediverse version of Twitch.
minus-squaretroybot [he/him]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoJust a wild guess but I’m thinking Reddit doesn’t actually host the content. It’s all links to a 3rd party like redgifs. Meanwhile Tumblr has the content stored within their own servers.
should have left the titties yo
This pissed me off too. They kept the violence but lost sex. What a winning strategy.
“Keep the violence, lose the sex” is true American morals in a nutshell. It’s unavoidable for any thing attempting to break into the mainstream.
They brought them back a while ago, but no porn because then they get kicked off the Google and Apple app stores, and can’t process credit cards.
Could’ve been a great opportunity to teach users how to sideload apps.
You seem to know what you’re talking about. Why can Reddit have porn and do those things but Tumblr can’t?
Because the rules aren’t enforced equally. There’s really no other way to put it. Twitter too. They’re big enough that they get special treatment.
App Store and Play Store approvals are famously capricious, with little room for appeals. Take a look at this nightmare of trying to get an app approved for OwnCast, the Fediverse version of Twitch.
Just a wild guess but I’m thinking Reddit doesn’t actually host the content. It’s all links to a 3rd party like redgifs. Meanwhile Tumblr has the content stored within their own servers.