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Title: Sham referendums in Ukraine see Apple pull major Russian apps [U: Apple explains restoration] Post by: HCK on October 23, 2022, 04:05:05 pm Sham referendums in Ukraine see Apple pull major Russian apps [U: Apple explains restoration]
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/09/Sham-referendums-in-Ukraine.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div> <p>Update: Apple has now restored the apps, and explained the reason – see update at end.</p> <p>The Russian government’s decision to hold sham referendums in <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ukraine[/url] has seen <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] pull a number of major apps in response to new sanctions.</p> <p>Popular Russian apps removed from the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/app-store/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">App Store[/url] worldwide include Mail.ru and Facebook competitor VK. The latter is one of the apps the Russian government previously <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/16/russia-pre-install-iphone-apple/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">required Apple to show to iPhone users[/url] in the country <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/01/iphone-russian-app-list-device-setup/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">during the initial setup process[/url] …</p> <p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/18/sham-referendums-in-ukraine/#more-838712" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/18/sham-referendums-in-ukraine/">Sham referendums in Ukraine see Apple pull major Russian apps [U: Apple explains restoration][/url] appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://9to5mac.com">9to5Mac[/url].</p> Source: Sham referendums in Ukraine see Apple pull major Russian apps [U: Apple explains restoration] (https://9to5mac.com/2022/10/18/sham-referendums-in-ukraine/) |