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Reddit App Instantly Tops the Chart Following Official Launch

Apple informed the creators of Narwhal, Antenna, Eggplant and BaconReader that their apps were removed from the app store for violating clause 18.2 of the App Review Guidelines, which prohibits apps from displaying “user generated content that is frequently pornographic”.

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Several developers whose apps got pulled from the store confirmed that they were asked to tweak NSFW toggles in their apps, so all reddit clients should return in the store as soon as an update in this regard is released.

Once this NSFW toggle has been removed and the approved NSFW filter applied, it seems all of these Reddit clients will be allowed back on the App Store.

The official Reddit app, which hit the App Store last week, was not affected by Apple’s mass-removal.

Last week, reddit made its user base incredibly happy with the launch of an official iOS app for the news networking service.

The difference with these Reddit apps is that they provide a toggle that lets you specify whether or not you want NSFW content to be censored.

Aditoanlly, the developer behind the Eggplant Reddit client also had his app pulled. We were very upset to see that they did.

The developer behind Reddit’s official app and Alien Blue, which it acquired in 2014, said that the company didn’t request Apple to take down these third-party apps, and the developer of Narwhal corroborated this. This doesn’t help Apple’s image, and it certainly doesn’t help foster any kind of positive relationship between Cupertino and the indie developer community. The takedowns were first spotted on a Reddit thread. It should also be noted that many of these third-party apps, such as Narwhal, did have a filter to enable or disable NSFW content. Honestly, if we were interested in getting rid of 3rd party apps (which we’re not!!!), this would be the stupidest possible way to accomplish it. As multiple users and developers have pointed out, the change simply means that whether users see NSFW content displayed is now reliant on the individual user’s Reddit account settings, instead of their preferences within the app.

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It was a long wait for smartphone users to get their hands on the official Reddit app. The wait came to an end recently, after Reddit finally rolled out the official app following months of beta.

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