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Apple doing business in Russia at all is pathetic

• foverzar 2y ago
  They obviously can't just bail and this whole moody exclusivity is what's truly pathetic.
  • jncfhnb 2y ago
    They obviously can
• grishka 2y ago
  They don't officially sell any hardware here since 2022. Every iPhone and Mac sold in Russia since then is grey import and costs accordingly, around 1.5x the Apple price.
  • jncfhnb 2y ago
    That makes concessions on software sales even more embarrassing imo
    • grishka 2y ago
      Otherwise Apple risks their online properties getting blocked and iOS devices becoming useless because of how iOS assumes it can always access Apple servers.
      • jncfhnb 2y ago
        In Russia, yes.
        • grishka 2y ago
          So it's okay for you for all Russians to end up with devices we can't use without a non-trivial setup with a router that wraps all traffic into a VPN, all so that Apple could prove a point?
          • jncfhnb 2y ago
            Yes it is.