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Please note that Telegram is not a Russian company; it is registered in Great Britain. Russian government doesn't have any jurisdiction over it. Also, russian
by codedokode 8y ago
Please note that Telegram is not a Russian company; it is registered in Great Britain. Russian government doesn't have any jurisdiction over it.
Also, russian users are less than 10% of Telegram userbase.
So now Apple is putting sanctions upon a British company just because Russia says so.
This sets a dangerous precedent. What will we see tomorrow? China, Thailand, Iran and North Korea kicking apps they don't like out of App Store? Apple banning apps on political grounds?
- veidr 8y agoApple already does ban apps on political grounds, even pretty innocuous just-the-facts type apps: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/538kan/apple-just-banned-the-app-that-tracks-us-drone-strikes-again https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/538kan/apple-just... And yes, I think you are likely right: we will see apps banned at the behest of the Chinese government, given the size of their market. (North Korea, perhaps not.) Apple painted themselves into this corner when they decided to become the gatekeeper of what iPhone users are allowed to install.
- y_molodtsov 8y agoWe already see that, but it’s more subtle. They aren’t banning those apps worldwide, just delist them from their Chinese store.