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If they insist on flagging things as NSFW then this would be the correct action for those apps that contain the texts. It seems like apps that are bible related and don't contain the text are being flagged though which should be fixed.

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This is my issue with it as well, but also, why did the PR only target Bible apps? Seemingly in a very lazy way at that. Had they taken time to understand how each app works and its purpose, they would have only flagged apps that contain the Bible itself. I would hope reddit and other apps that actually contain graphic NSFW content are next?

The only merge request you've seen targets bible apps. How do you know this isn't one part of a larger effort to correctly mark apps? Maybe they've tackled other categories previously, or had intended to tackle other categories going forward. The fact that bible apps is included in one wave of markings doesn't mean only bible apps are affected.

Other examples were provided in the PR, I see no other PRs. Why was the PR only focused on them? I doubt we'll see additional PRs for other apps.

Totally agree. They should be flagged 18+ and required ID verification if we want to play on a level field.

How about "a small, strapped project that can use all the friends it can get shouldn't be wasting time on maintaining irrelevant metadata"?

Not having categories like "NSFW" would be a nice level playing field.

I’m not saying I agree with the rules, but we do have these categories requiring age verification now. They also seem to be arbitrarily applied.

I’m just advocating that violent texts like this should also be included rather than treated specially.

Wait, F-Droid is doing/going to do age verification?

Guess I have to find another app store. To use and to donate to. Stupid wars over what's NSFW are ignorable, but knuckling under to the AV gestapo isn't.

I’m not sure about f-droid specifically, but I know in the USA, 18+ content online is now required by law to have age verification in many states.

Very few of those laws apply to services that only have "incidental" content, especially if they're small, and for those that actually do apply, the right answer is to refuse to serve the affected states.

They would definitely have to blacklist the UK as well. And other places if I remember right.

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