Apple Will Abide by Russian Law by Offering Government-Approved Apps (engadget.com) 20
Apple has reportedly agreed to show Russian users a prompt to preinstall some apps when they're first using an iPhone or other device. From a report: If a user doesn't select one of the government-approved apps, it won't be installed, according to newspaper Vedomosti. The company is said to have agreed to the measure to abide by a law that comes into effect on April 1st. The Russian-made apps include Mail.ru's email service, the MIR payment system, social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki and Kaspersky Lab antivirus software, according to RFE. Android users reportedly won't get to opt out and all of the software will be preinstalled on those devices.
MIR payment system so non app store apps? (Score:3)
MIR payment system so non app store apps? / app store apps that are not allowed under apple rules?
Will the apps in the store be set to CAN NOT BE rejected by app review?
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Probably only in the Russian store. It makes sense to exempt certain apps from the app store rules if the local authorities demand it. I imagine that some countries told Apple/Google that they were putting COVID contact tracking apps in their stores too.
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So no, unfortunately, the precedent which Forthnight is looking for is not there on offer.
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But will they load exempt certain apps from some app store rules if ordered??
Apps to Avoid, I mean Install (Score:2)
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Hating a sitting administration (or in this case, a specific leader) is not at all the same thing as hating a nationality. People don't hate Putin just because he's Russian, they hate him because he is an evil bastard.
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Sigh... Idiot. Xenophobic racist idiot. Yes, hating a nationality is racism as well
Hating a murderous megalomanic psychopath who happens to be russian is not racism, it is basic human decency.
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hating a nationality is racism? is English your first language?
first, nationality does NOT equate to race so your assertion is false with no other reason needed
second, the '*phobic' part refers to an irrational fear; disliking someone because of the suffering they cause is not irrational, it's natural; you are not the first to use this incorreclty, it's quite common
and using Apple as a guidepost to right/wrong... that and the rest of your ramblings indicate a general ignorance of how the world really wor
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Yes, hating a nationality is racism as well.
No, it's not. Nationalities have nothing to do with races. Unless you're using one of the *really* archaic meanings of the word "race" that pretty much nobody uses anymore.
Headline is backwards (Score:2)
Of course they will (Score:1)
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That is true overall.
Which is often why so many stupid wars about products are going out there.
Apple vs Samsung,
Tesla vs GM
Intel vs AMD
Windows vs Linux
Because American Culture makes it a sin to not be optimal with your money, people feel the need to justify and stick to their justifications of why they bought something. Or when they are selling something, they need to justify depending on the audience why they are worth the cost and leaving money on the table is just as bad for a company as for us to buy so
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lotta truth in what you posted... except the 'American Culture' part
I've found the same behavior of silly rationalizations cross all borders, cultures, languages,etc... more like it's just the way humans are and not limited to any 'grouping'
reducing any individual to just a few data points is damn near always an over-simplification used to justify an overly-simple answer; people are far more complicated than can be described by a handful of groups they belong to.... that's why it's the individual that matt
So, no backbone then. (Score:1)
Apple showing its true colors.
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As opposed to Android device manufacturers, who are forcibly pre-loading these apps and making them unable to be removed by the end user. This is probably Apple kowtowing to the government while maintaining their focus as "The Privacy Company."
That being said, I'd like to know if these apps made by Russian companies are undergoing the same security and privacy review as any other App Store app.
Sounds like a government subsidy to me (Score:2)
iPhones don't need anti-virus software so the only reason to install one is because Kaspersky has some shenanigans deal with the Kremlin.
Sure why not (Score:1)
Nobody else has ethics, why should apple be any different? Just another sociopathic profit machine.
VKontakte is a good source for obscure files (Score:1)
Actually, VKontakte is a good source for obscure files.
I've sometimes been looking for a file that's otherwise disappeared from the web for whatever reason and searching "filename site:vk.com" with google has occasionally found me stuff that appears to exist nowhere else.
I learned years ago, though, that if I see something on the Internet that I might want in the future, download it and store it locally because stuff can come and go and if it's just available online it might not be there tomorrow or ten yea
What's interesting about this news (Score:3)
... is that an American company operating in another country followed local laws, is actually newsworthy in America.
Just think about it. Why was this even news? Was it because American companies, especially tech giants, are not supposed to care about local laws? Or was it because Americans are so used to tech giants not following American laws and getting away with it, so it became newsworthy that some other country managed to make them comply?