All the Apple store like stores of their partner in Russia are still open and selling the latest iPhones. Apple has removed many russian apps from their app store, but companies are publishing copies under different names.
Surely if the US was serious about the sanctions they could force Apple to brick all iPhones on Russian territory (together with all Windows laptops, PCs and servers, Cisco switches, commercial Linux distro servers, etc.).
Also, Russian banks and other business concerns are publishing trojan horse apps that appear to be low effort games or random apps but instead contain hidden functionality to evade sanctions.
You know Russia's Supreme Court has declared that "the international LGBT public movement" is an extremist organisation and banned its activities across the country. And they already start to detain people because they worked at gay bar.
Once Kremlin pass a law to report all LGBTQ people to authorities should Apple obey as well?
The app uses a random process to suggest a non-Putin candidate to vote for. The idea being to spread out protests votes evenly to avoid suggesting support for any particular alternative candidate.
Navalny himself describes it playfully in his final published letter [0].
Remember that "People use Apple phones because they like being protected by the Walled Garden".
Remember that apple removing the ability to install an app from a political prisoner is "pro user"
Remember that apple approving a scam app mimicking the Lastpass app is because they are using the walled garden to protect their users from scam apps, and totally not their revenue.
Apple have a subsidiary and Russia and it's earning App Store fee from payments in Russia, also from selling Apple Music and Apple TV subscriptions and such.
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Surely if the US was serious about the sanctions they could force Apple to brick all iPhones on Russian territory (together with all Windows laptops, PCs and servers, Cisco switches, commercial Linux distro servers, etc.).
They can at least stop paying taxes into Putin's war chest.
Also, Russian banks and other business concerns are publishing trojan horse apps that appear to be low effort games or random apps but instead contain hidden functionality to evade sanctions.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/02/12/how-russian-banks...
> Assets are nationalised, management is persecuted
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It's always amusing to hear people who demands for the rule based order to be fine with breaking rules when it's suits them.
You know Russia's Supreme Court has declared that "the international LGBT public movement" is an extremist organisation and banned its activities across the country. And they already start to detain people because they worked at gay bar.
Once Kremlin pass a law to report all LGBTQ people to authorities should Apple obey as well?
PS: Have Grindr on your phone? Welcome to Gulag!
A strange way to say 'declared bankruptcy'.
> You know Russia's Supreme Court has declared that "the international LGBT public movement"
And how this is related to obiding the tax law?
If Google top management aren't fine with some laws in some US states, are they are OK to not to pay the taxes there?
Better not see Zelenskyy using an iPhone.
https://www.techradar.com/news/google-is-officially-leaving-...
Apple still continue to operate all services and receive payments inside Russia.
Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments (jessesquires.com)
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Navalny himself describes it playfully in his final published letter [0].
0: https://www.memri.org/reports/russian-opposition-leader-alex...
Remember that apple removing the ability to install an app from a political prisoner is "pro user"
Remember that apple approving a scam app mimicking the Lastpass app is because they are using the walled garden to protect their users from scam apps, and totally not their revenue.
They do not get to participate in the modern world!!
Apple have a subsidiary and Russia and it's earning App Store fee from payments in Russia, also from selling Apple Music and Apple TV subscriptions and such.