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by bbwharris 4004 days ago
Apple probably made a mistake and needs to adjust their policy. Steam deliberately did this because of that mistake. Apple didn't intentionally ban a civil war game for PR, they enacted an oversleeping policy that resulted in controversy for this game.

It seems like steam deliberately did this to thumb their nose at the situation.
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fenomas 4004 days ago
> It seems like steam deliberately did this to thumb their nose at the situation.

If by "the situation" you mean a rival app store censoring content that didn't deserve to be censored, why shouldn't they?

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KJasper 4004 days ago
Why is this a mistake? And not just policy as well? Or is it because Apple tests boundaries and backpedals when necessary and call it a mistake afterwards?
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bbwharris 4004 days ago
Well, how would you solve the task assigned to you: "remove all the apps in the App Store that contain this flag"

Do you look at every single result and scrutinize it? Oh and this needs to be done now, as in yesterday.

It's definitely plausible that they did not review each and every decision.

Maybe too their policy is against historical images as well. No exceptions. We don't know.

People love to hate on the App Store. This displaced game found a home on steam and they even boosted it up. Was this for the right reasons because it's truly a great game or was this a marketing stunt to show off their lack of censorship?

It's slightly distasteful regarding this polarizing topic. I applaud their bravery if it is anti censorship, but I sincerely doubt the cause is that noble.

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true_religion 4004 days ago
It's a crappy policy, why can't we hate on it?

For all the 'south will rise again' talk, there's no actual chance of a national split in the foreseeable future. The civil war is 150 years old, and quite dead.

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SmellyGeekBoy 4004 days ago
> It seems like steam deliberately did this to thumb their nose at the situation.

Was this deliberate? Or did some algorithm pick up that the game was "popular" (increased visits to Steam page, mentions on social media, etc) and automatically bump it up the promotion queue as a result?

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