Wait this happened before I didn't know Apple was like this to Tumblr any way when did this happen?
@mod-makoto-yuki
TL;DR: Tumblr used to allow adult content, Apple noticed some illegal stuff on Tumblr and pulled the app off the app store, Tumblr banned all adult content and it's heavily speculated that Apple at least had a say in it, if not being fully behind it
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Before the end of 2018, Tumblr had a big community for those who consumed/made/spoke about adult contents! Said community was also largely made up of LGBTQ+ members and thusly became a lot of people's safe space! However while Tumblr had done pretty well so far to make sure no creeps were on here, some people exploited missing filters and started posting some very illegal adult content- Apple found out, pulled Tumblr off the app store, and not long after, Tumblr announced they'd be removing all adult content with some exceptions. Tumblr didn't get placed back onto the app store until after the ban took effect
Now it wasn't explicitly stated that Apple was the one behind the removal of all adult content, but it's been heavily speculated since then because it was a BIG change for Tumblr at the time- Especially when Tumblr figured out the problem and would be able to immediately fix it- Why get rid of it all when you can easily fix the thing that made it a problem? Why did Tumblr stay off the app store until after the ban(I'm sure they banned the blogs posting the illegal shit after all-)? Probably because Apple, who doesn't like adult content at all (despite it not being a guideline? The guidelines only states that apps have to have some sort of "safe search filter" which Tumblr did also have at the time-), told them to just get rid of it- And imo this stuff currently going on now is oddly similar to what we were saying back in 2018-
Call me a conspiracy theorist but honestly the most damning fact to me is that Tumblr wasn't allowed back on the app store until after all the adult content was gone-
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