The play store one seems to be pretty clear. The rule right above is that there must be an in app solution for reporting abusive behavior, and someone at the platform must review and act on legitimate reports. The highlighted rule, in that context, can only mean users being able to block other users themselves
Will this not just be taken to mean X (as the app maintainer) needs to have the ability to block users it considers to be abusive from the app.
I don’t think this rule is specifying what an individual user of the app must be able to do.
Yes I agree, that’s how I interpreted it
Surely then they wouldn’t mention “in-app system…”? At least for Google play.
The play store one seems to be pretty clear. The rule right above is that there must be an in app solution for reporting abusive behavior, and someone at the platform must review and act on legitimate reports. The highlighted rule, in that context, can only mean users being able to block other users themselves
Yeah you’re right. You could still argue that blocking DMs is enough though, the rule isn’t clear to what degree
Block has a pretty clear definition, if they can still contact you in any format they aren’t blocked.