Why can't Apple and Google just go to the court to argue their case? Do Apple and Google have no spine at all? I am very disappointed at Apple and Google as a shareholder.
1. That's not how it works in Russia. Even if they did go to court it's controlled by the current regime and they will 100% lose and possibly face prison time in Russia.
2. Sell your stocks.
At least they can put up a display of willingness to fight (a little) instead of rolling over.
That's not how it works in Russia either... Some people really don't grasp how good we really have it in the West.
So you are telling me that they cannot put up a token resistance, only to show us they didn't just roll over for Putin? Or maybe put out a PR statement saying look we had to remove this in Russia, but we support Navalny and we think he is being mistreated? At the risk of losing all business in Russia? I have an idea how things might work in Russia because I grew up in a communist country. I'm not the biggest expert on Russia, but this does not sit well with me.
Well, first, yes - Apple has to follow the laws of the countries they operate in. Second, the resistance that the guy who devised this app put up got him imprisoned and nearly murdered, so there's that, too.
Well done Apple. Nobody wants a US company inflicting US social values outside of it own jurisdiction. That sounds like a precursor to colonialism.
This is a crazy read.
Political oppression is not a "social value" anywhere, it's something that is forced on people by the powerful. And Apple, by virtue of their walled garden, are acting as tools of the authoritarian state.
The only thing crazy is the inability to see beyond our social programming. The very fact many see authoritative government as wrong is simply a reinforcement mechanism to justify our own flavour of government.
A better example of political oppression would be a coalition which invades countries which hold different social values, slaughter hundreds of thousands of their citizens who dare to defend themselves & try to install its own social system i.e. colonisation. But who would commit such an horrific act? Who would knowingly endorse such a thing & how could they ever hope to get away with it?
Why do you keep talking about colonialism? Colonialism has nothing to do with Russia's authoritarian corruption, its persecution of opposition, and Apple's passive enablement of anti-democratic censorship.
I just find it hypocritical to critique Apple’s endorsement of ‘oppressive regimes’ from the most oppressive of them all. The craziness is, why can’t you see where we are?
I can't see you dude, where are you?
How is it hypocritical? I'm not responsible for any oppression that goes on in my own country, and I broadly oppose it (please god don't bring mask mandates up). Also, hypocrisy is a smokescreen and whataboutism. No interest in that.
Really? Accusing others of what we do ourselves isn’t hypocritical? If you voted, you are responsible for everything your government does, they didn’t want your ‘wisdom’ only your endorsement.
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Well, first, yes - Apple has to follow the laws of the countries they operate in. Second, the resistance that the guy who devised this app put up got him imprisoned and nearly murdered, so there's that, too.
If you voted, you are responsible for everything your government does, they didn’t want your ‘wisdom’ only your endorsement.