On the subject of the AO3 apps--how is pointing the apple store at the problematic stuff (how is that defined exactly) actually good. I understand frustration about this, especially the monetization aspects, but that seems incredibly risky and also might include works you don't mean to later. Is an app that has stories on it like Sugar Vladdy (not literally sugar vladdy, obv) worthy of being nuked off the store? This has just been bugging me.
Itâs something I really donât like the idea of either, which is why I addressed only one of the many messages in my inbox that pointed out that we could quite probably use the Apple stores adult content policy against the app if other means of having it taken down failed. There were a lot of negative and harmful messages regrading ship wars that found their way into my inbox over the weekend. People saying things like âfinally a reason for R/ylos to exist, we can use them to get the app taken downâ as though Apple was ever going to give two singular shits that two fictional adults were being paired together in a fictional romance that many people find problematic and distasteful. Some people were genuinely trying to use the problem of legit content theft to go after things in the name of purity culture, and that is not okay. Not even remotely.
And youâre right, it is risky, and made me feel horrible to talk about and perhaps with hindsight I shouldnât have mentioned it at all, but given the number of people who messaged me about it, I doubt me not talking about it would have prevented anyone from doing it. Which is why I am glad the apps that were removed were done so for content theft and not adult content. (At least according to all the emails I got, thatâs why)Â
There were also apps that were wrongfully targeted, like the completely free RSS apps/browsers which werenât making ad revenue or asking for subscriptions, which is highly regrettable and I hope those app creators are able to appeal their cases with success. Unfortunately not everyone was reading what all the apps were before filing complaints against them, they just searched for âficâ and went after every single one, regardless of whether or not they were committing content theft (in the form of re-uploading) or profiting from their work (ads/subscriptions). Which bugs me, Iâm not gonna lie. It showed mob mentality rather than people who were paying attention to what was actually going on, and that will always be a dangerous thing.
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