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I would bet as countries start to realize how important their data is, there will be more localized iCloud instances. Russia recently passed a law that all gad

I would bet as countries start to realize how important their data is, there will be more localized iCloud instances. Russia recently passed a law that all gadgets sold in Russia would need Russian developed software. I really wonder how that will affect Apple.

Despegar 7y ago
According to this report, that Russian law was targeted at Apple [1]. It also says that Apple has told them they'll leave the market, which is pretty credible because Russia is a small market. This is a Google translation: >According to a profile official, in summer in informal conversations it was said that the main goal of the bill is Apple, which they are trying to oblige the law to install Russian applications on iPhones and iPads. But the iOS operating system that Apple uses does not at all imply the ability to preinstall third-party applications. >At one of the meetings, Apple representatives warned that the introduction of such standards would force the company to "revise its business model in Russia, " Vedomosti wrote in the summer. As of September, the company's position has not changed, the official said. “The company then took this position: we will show you the middle finger, your market is a very small segment of our business, its loss is insignificant,” he says. Perhaps the authors of the project were inspired by the example of China, from where, after the adoption of similar rules, no one left, admits The Bell's interlocutor. But Russia is not China, there are no levers of pressure on Apple, he states. [1] https://thebell.io/zakon-protiv-apple-novye-ogranicheniya-mogut-zastavit-kompaniyu-ujti-iz-rossii/ https://thebell.io/zakon-protiv-apple-novye-ogranicheniya-mo...
- SrslyJosh 7y ago
  Apple leaving Russia's market is probably an ideal outcome for the Russian government. Forcing out all outside software allows them to ensure that every single device comes from the factory with backdoors preinstalled.
indemnity 7y ago
Russia as a market does not matter, so likely it won’t affect Apple at all. GDP less than Italy / Canada, consumers poorer than Chinese.

Despegar 7y ago

According to this report, that Russian law was targeted at Apple [1]. It also says that Apple has told them they'll leave the market, which is pretty credible because Russia is a small market. This is a Google translation: >According to a profile official, in summer in informal conversations it was said that the main goal of the bill is Apple, which they are trying to oblige the law to install Russian applications on iPhones and iPads. But the iOS operating system that Apple uses does not at all imply the ability to preinstall third-party applications. >At one of the meetings, Apple representatives warned that the introduction of such standards would force the company to "revise its business model in Russia, " Vedomosti wrote in the summer. As of September, the company's position has not changed, the official said. “The company then took this position: we will show you the middle finger, your market is a very small segment of our business, its loss is insignificant,” he says. Perhaps the authors of the project were inspired by the example of China, from where, after the adoption of similar rules, no one left, admits The Bell's interlocutor. But Russia is not China, there are no levers of pressure on Apple, he states. [1] https://thebell.io/zakon-protiv-apple-novye-ogranicheniya-mogut-zastavit-kompaniyu-ujti-iz-rossii/ https://thebell.io/zakon-protiv-apple-novye-ogranicheniya-mo...

SrslyJosh 7y ago
Apple leaving Russia's market is probably an ideal outcome for the Russian government. Forcing out all outside software allows them to ensure that every single device comes from the factory with backdoors preinstalled.

indemnity 7y ago

Russia as a market does not matter, so likely it won’t affect Apple at all. GDP less than Italy / Canada, consumers poorer than Chinese.