I’m in the process of submitting my Lemmy client (Arctic) to TestFlight, and I had some concerns about NSFW options in my app.
As per section 1.2 User-Generated Content it states that NSFW content needs to be disabled by default, and can only be enabled through the website.
Apps with user-generated content or services that end up being used primarily for pornographic content, Chatroulette-style experiences, objectification of real people (e.g. “hot-or-not” voting), making physical threats, or bullying do not belong on the App Store and may be removed without notice. If your app includes user-generated content from a web-based service, it may display incidental mature “NSFW” content, provided that the content is hidden by default and only displayed when the user turns it on via your website.
Does this mean that I am not aloud to include any options in my apps interface regarding NSFW content, eg: Blur / Hide NSFW Content, Even if the content is hidden by default?
Any pointers here would be useful. I do see that other Lemmy clients are including options within apps and have not had any issues so far, but the policy seems to indicate this is not allowed.
Apollo for Reddit wouldn’t allow NSFW toggle in-app. So I guess it’s just a case of small apps flying under the radar for now.
Edit: you should actually be fine. NSFW toggle is part of the lemmy sign-up flow on web. The toggle in-app is nothing more than a client side filter.
Yeah, I remember when the policy was implemented and Christian had to remove the toggle in Apollo. I don’t really want to slide under the radar because I’m sure it would come back to bite me in the review process someday.
I’m hoping it’s okay to do exactly that and have a client side option to filter out nsfw content that would just have no effect if the profile settings have nsfw disabled.
And for profile settings in the app I’ll just have to provide a link to the website for that option.