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Apple removed a lot of apps from the store in order to stay present in Russia. Just business

• tempodox 1y ago
  Only goes to show how the U.S. are becoming more like Russia by the day.
  • dovemoney 1y ago
    Yes
• Cthulhu_ 1y ago
  The big tech companies bent the knee (or, complied with local policies and laws) to Russia, China, Europe, etc already to do business over there, it's nothing particularly new but we are fully aware that Russia and China are not free countries, and Europe has stricter consumer / data protection laws (so it's less free for companies than the US).
  • wizzwizz4 1y ago
    > Europe has stricter consumer / data protection laws (so it's less free for companies than the US) More free for the general populace, though (at least in this regard: I'm not making a holistic assessment in this sentence).
  • worik 1y ago
    > we are fully aware that Russia and China are not free countries Pot to kettle....
• dspillett 1y ago
  Just business under an authoritarian regime. Things happening the way they happen in Russia is not exactly something I'd aspire to, or readily accept…
• buellerbueller 1y ago
  Did anyone actually believe {MEGACORP} would prefer political alignment to money?
• FollowingTheDao 1y ago
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  • kcplate 1y ago
    Negative. It was Credere, Obbedire, Combattere