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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 Ap

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.