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Apple removed Alexei Navalny's app after Kremlin demand

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Apple also continue operating in Russia and pay taxes and fines into war budget:

https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-pays-137-mln-russia...

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.).

Like come on, they dont have to brick anything.

They can at least stop paying taxes into Putin's war chest.

Exactly.

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...

Might be rather inexpensive backdoor into Russian gov.

> No taxes paid

> 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.

Google did it and it's fine.

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!

> Google did it and it's fine.

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?

Apple's allegiance is to Apple. This is true of every company of a similar size. What is incredible is that we still expect otherwise.

So Apple is indirectly funding Putin's war against Ukraine?

Better not see Zelenskyy using an iPhone.

Yes. Google fully left Russia back in May 2022:

https://www.techradar.com/news/google-is-officially-leaving-...

Apple still continue to operate all services and receive payments inside Russia.

The intel the US government gets must be worth it

Apple profits from slave labor "artisanal mining" too. Their so-called supplier controls they tout are just feel-good eyewash given to investors.

They profited from child labour too. Nothing is off limits.

This company uses slavery, and your big concern is that they abide by tax laws? LMAO.

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.

Why is Apple communicating with Russia in any capacity?

They do not get to participate in the modern world!!

Money?

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.

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.