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Android isn't locked down though... Any Android phone can side load app stores and apps.

Sure, but that doesn't mean that Google needs to help distribute them. Google is responsible for what they do with their servers, not what you do with your phone.

Are we sure the same hasn't already been done is what I'm getting at? Ie. Play store shut down in Russia? It just wouldn't be as big news...

I believe Google Play is still available in Russia [1], just not the billing part. Since these are free apps that doesn't impact them.

Regardless, whether or not you allow Russian users to download apps is an independent question or whether or not you allow anyone to download these particular apps. As I understand it Apple's action is world wide. It does appear that the apps in question are still available from Google (though I didn't try installing them...) [2]

[1] https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ...

[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=VK.com&gl=US

You'd hate the U.S. then.

And Israel, and India... half the world is basically invading the other half (because said half previously invaded the other half and repeat)...

Free Palestine!

Which region is India invading?

Kashmir is neither Indian nor Pakistani...

And the length of the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_conflict) strongly suggests that this is a controversial point of view ;-)

Many would argue that the US deserved and deserves comeuppance for its actions abroad, yes. If other countries felt it to be their prerogative to remove US software or products as part of that, it would not be absurd.

Really ? Yet, we label all nations that do that dictatorial repressive regimes. In fact people frequently do so on this very forum. Maybe they are, but come on let's have some consistency in our behaviour.

Behavioral consistency? That's a tall order for citizens of a country where the average citizen is purportedly fluent in 0.7 languages and only about half the population even votes.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, I read that nuclear options were considered for Vietnam war but were never publicly used as a threat. I'm guessing same with Korean war?

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/was-there-nuclear-w...

Lol

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