![]() ![]() In contrast to Microsoft's approach with Windows, Apple takes a more walled approach. ![]() Even if Microsoft didn't want the Discord app in the Microsoft Store, Discord would still be readily available on Windows. Discord doesn't have to shift the content on its own platform to make Microsoft happy. But when cases come up like what we saw with Discord and iOS, it's important to highlight the open nature of Windows. I've written about Windows apps and the Microsoft Store for years. Maybe that will change if the rumors of Microsoft wanting to buy Discord are accurate, but that wouldn't really change anything related to this saga. There's a third-party Discord app that works on Windows 10 and Xbox, but it's not from Discord itself. Instead, you can just download Discord's client for Windows directly from the company's website. Case in point, Discord's desktop client for Windows isn't even on the Microsoft Store. While there is a Microsoft Store, that's far from the only place to grab apps. One of the beauties of Windows is how you can install apps from so many sources. There is no shortage of adult content on Twitter and yet, we don’t see the pressure that was applied to Tumblr being applied to Twitter.įor folks who want to access their NSFW fix on their mobile phone, thankfully other operating systems allow users to decide for themselves what they do and don’t want to see.Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) Where on Discord you would need access to a server one can type any phrase related to adult content and find it on Twitter. What strikes as odd is if Apple has put pressure on Discord, why that same pressure isn’t be applied to say, the Twitter app. You’ll recall Apple strong armed Tumblr into removing adult content from its platform, a move Tumblr has never really recovered from.Īs Discord mentioned, it’s not banning adult content entirely but rather just blocking the content from being accessed on certain devices. This is because Apple has something of a history when it comes to forcing apps to remove adult content that might possibly be accessed by children. ![]() While Discord didn’t mention why it made this change, folks have wasted no time in pointing an accusatory finger at Apple. That means that if you have a channel within a server that hosts adult content, you won’t have to classify your entire server as NSFW. “Servers must be classified as NSFW if the community is organized around NSFW themes or if the majority of the server’s content is 18+,” said Discord. The platform also clarified when a server needs to be classified as NSFW. All other users will still be able to join and access NSFW servers on the desktop and web versions of Discord,” Discord wrote in a support article. Only NSFW server owners and moderators will be allowed to view and manage these servers on iOS. “Users on the iOS platform (including those aged 18+) will be blocked from joining and accessing NSFW servers. Unfortunately, this is seemingly not enough for iOS as Discord has now said that users will no longer be able to join or access NSFW (not safe for work) servers. While you can post adult content to Discord, that content has to be labelled as such and kept behind a gate.
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