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It’s a good question. Remember how Apple doesn’t like porn apps even in the AltStore? Any app with the same amount of explicit content as X would’ve failed review. And that before we even get to CSAM, racism and hate speech on there… it would be a net positive for humanity if Elon’s platform blinks out of existence.

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X has also falsely classified itself as a “news” app. It’s social media not journalism. This deceptive move has made it a lot more visible. The size of its user base means it is number 1 in many countries in the News category, which Musk brags about in daily posts, when he’s not posting explicitly supremacist content (this has become a thing with him in the last month).

Reddit is also in the App Store. It has a significant amount of adult content. They also had some very legally questionable subreddits as well, which they tried to clean up before going public, but I can only assume it’s a cat and mouse game.

I think it’s a user generated content loophole. Since the app it’s explicitly for that stuff, it’s just that some users post it. Web browsers get a similar exemption, there is all kinds of stuff on the internet.

It's not "user generated" when the official tooling of the site is doing the generating, and hosting it, not just linking.

Why hasn't that worked for Tumblr?

I remember when dating apps had to take it upon themselves to never show explicit photos (even privately shared in DMs) or get removed from the store. That too is user generated content, right?

As for X, all one has to do is stumble on the right hashtag to reveal not only spicy content and csam, but also racist and abusive flavours of porn. Something to circle back to the next time Apple claims the walled garden is there to protect users.

Apple doesn't have to follow their own rules. It's your fault for expecting them to be internally consistent, there's no accountability for Apple within Apple.

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