This tracks. One of the things that always gets me about US media is that gratuitous rape - even fairly graphic rape scenes on TV - is just fine as long it doesn't involve visible nipples.
Any kind of violence is fine. Sex is a sin though.
Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle formats
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Re: Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle formats
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reminiscent to me of Call of Duty Warzone; it has loadouts which you can give custom names (that only you see!) which are protected with a profanity filter. Comically, some of the literal names of the guns are banned as being profane, like "MP5".
Isn't it just to double-plus-ensure that no one "accidentally" uses a name that ActivisionBlizzard did not license from the appropriate gun manufacturer? I.e. It has little to do with profanity but a lot to prevent someone from making screnshot of a loadout with a gun that looks like MP5, is named by them as "MP5 whatever" and behaves like an MP5 in some type of legal action?
I cannot imagine horror of the precedent it would be set if H&K successfully sued AB over copyright infringement for names that are visible only to the player who entered them. Those names are not shown publicly.
Re: Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle formats
#73You've really got to enjoy the walled garden experience which at least half of the HackerNews commenters claims to be ultra-supremely-superior for the end user.
I imagine whoever is in charge of the review machine, though, reads Kafka for enjoyment and inspiration.
Re: Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle formats
#74It is infuriating that Google's default action for these automated takedowns is to remove the app and ask the developer to upload a new build with a new package name , which means not keeping any of the existing users. It's happened to two of my clients in the past 6 months based on small infractions in the app metadata, but no issue with the app itself. In both cases the app was taken down with no advance notice, an…
I don't understand Google's App store play. Just another walled garden where things like this can happen.
They were the champions of the open web for a long time. What happened?
Re: Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle formats
#75Once an appeal is submitted I would expect actual humans to intervene and check the content out. But no, it seems like bots took over.
Re: Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle formats
#76Time for a p2p app store that works on all devices.
Right so when you have some childporn showing up, illegal material what are you going to do?
If you are Twitter, then you just let it ride.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/21/twitter-sued-for-allegedly-ref...
Re: Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle formats
#77Well luckily this is Google. Which means there are no real human behind the suspension, most likely just an Automated response before some one steps in. ( Or not ) I would be furious if this was coming from Apple. And judging from the current Apple I would not be surprised if they will tell you to not use the "ASS" label in your support format.
Isn't their support service automated too? Isn't making a stink on the internet the only way to deal with issues like this, because it generates bad press for them?
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Re: Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle formats
#78It is infuriating that Google's default action for these automated takedowns is to remove the app and ask the developer to upload a new build with a new package name , which means not keeping any of the existing users. It's happened to two of my clients in the past 6 months based on small infractions in the app metadata, but no issue with the app itself. In both cases the app was taken down with no advance notice, an…
I don't understand Google's App store play. Just another walled garden where things like this can happen. They were the champions of the open web for a long time. What happened?
They found out if you close it and own it, you can make more money
Re: Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle formats
#79I feel lots of the comments are polarized and don't take into the account the magnitude and difficulty of the problem at hand. Additionally, I wonder what the comments would be, if the opposite would have happened, an app with explicit content lands on the playstore. Are there any data available about the false positives false negatives etc. ?
Re: Suspended from Google Play for listing supported subtitle formats
#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just watched a fansub recently where they replaced some environmental text in the background, and they used the ASS format to render the english text out of focus and seamlessly match the depth-of-field effect used in the show. Some groups really go above and beyond.
The few groups that used to do that have stopped making fansubs. Mostly because HorribleSubs took a lot of the market share by just ripping CruncyRoll subs and re-packaging with RAWs. But now that HS is gone, I'm not sure what's happening to the scene. There is a power vacuum and I'm not sure if anyone took up the space.
I don't want to name them here, but a new group has popped up that does the exactly same thing HorribleSubs did.