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I am rather surprised that Apple still operates and maintains the App Store in Russia - Steam and Xbox/PS5 has left ???.
by tibbydudeza 3y ago
I am rather surprised that Apple still operates and maintains the App Store in Russia - Steam and Xbox/PS5 has left ???.
- brucethemoose2 3y agoPulling the App Store would be an enormous economic and social disruption. iPhones are basically flip phones without it. And its a huge lever I'm sure the US govt loves to have, even with Apple's privacy policies. I dunno how it works, but I can see all involved parties looking the other way.
- VladimirGolovin 3y agoLike with Steam, the App Store is still there but you can't purchase anything in it -- they disabled all Russian payment methods for Russian accounts.
- tibbydudeza 3y agoSo software updates and iOS upgrades are still working but no purchases ???.
- throwaway290 3y agoI don't think they disabled all Russian payment methods, only methods using sanctioned banks...
- MikusR 3y agoApple is a company that uses slave labor and gives Chinese government full access to its data.