An App Store ultimatum New legislation will require Apple to open iPhones and iPads to Russia’s state-backed marketplace

[dandolo2k]

So this is from your favorite MEDUZA outlet.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/27/an-app-store-ultimatum

An App Store ultimatum New legislation will require Apple to open iPhones and iPads to Russia’s state-backed marketplace

It's time to abandon all this Western ostentatious pride and just implement Russian legislation demands: PUT RUSTORE onto all APPLE DEVICES sold in Russia.
Or quit the Russian market.
How do you think guys with all this funny Western valor and might , all this despisal towards it's Russian users, which way will be chosen by mighty Western giant APPLE ?
-- Option #1: Comply with Russian laws.
-- Option #2: Quit Russian market
I am completely in favor of option #2.

 

[Allan]

I am completely in favor of option #2

Me too. Russians can support their own technology and use Russian smartphones...

 

[dandolo2k]

Me too. Russians can support their own technology and use Russian smartphones...

Or they can buy Chinese smartphones...

 

[Allan]

Or they can buy Chinese smartphones...

And you think companies like Huawei are going to roll over for Russia?

 

[Luce]

So this is from your favorite MEDUZA outlet.


It's time to abandon all this Western ostentatious pride and just implement Russian legislation demands: PUT RUSTORE onto all APPLE DEVICES sold in Russia.
Or quit the Russian market.
How do you think guys with all this funny Western valor and might , all this despisal towards it's Russian users, which way will be chosen by mighty Western giant APPLE ?
-- Option #1: Comply with Russian laws.
-- Option #2: Quit Russian market
I am completely in favor of option #2.

What happens if Apple tells Russia to piss up a rope?

 

[Helix]

I hope that Russia gets its own message boards someday.

 

[ElChupacabra]

Or they can buy Chinese smartphones...

Good point. Then why aren't they?

 

[dandolo2k]

Good point. Then why aren't they?

They are. But unfortunately Apple devices still easily available in Russia.

 

[bomberfox]

So this is from your favorite MEDUZA outlet.


It's time to abandon all this Western ostentatious pride and just implement Russian legislation demands: PUT RUSTORE onto all APPLE DEVICES sold in Russia.
Or quit the Russian market.
How do you think guys with all this funny Western valor and might , all this despisal towards it's Russian users, which way will be chosen by mighty Western giant APPLE ?
-- Option #1: Comply with Russian laws.
-- Option #2: Quit Russian market
I am completely in favor of option #2.

Quit russian market. You have nothing to offer.

 

[ElChupacabra]

What happens if Apple tells Russia to piss up a rope?

They sell a fair share of units in Russia, but whether or not it makes sense to allow RuStore and their messaging app (MAX messenger) to be installed in all new phones. It may not be wise to have Apple do this, but it's more a question of whether it's feasible in terms of security.

 

[dandolo2k]

And you think companies like Huawei are going to roll over for Russia?

companies like Huawei are pre-installing RUSTORE on their devices. as well as new MAX messenger

 

[bomberfox]

Like Russia today contributes nothing but death and psycho kids going on to spout death threats in VR chat.

 

[dandolo2k]

What happens if Apple tells Russia to piss up a rope?

Russia will purge it's market from Apple devices. Which is certainly good for Russia.

 

[dandolo2k]

I hope that Russia gets its own message boards someday.

Yep this is a very transparent hint as far as I get it. It has already. And you can go and tell there all you grievances if you don't like truth being posted here.

 

[bomberfox]

Russia will purge it's market from Apple devices. Which is certainly good for Russia.

Good for us too. Go ahead.

 

[dandolo2k]

Good for us too. Go ahead.

The problem is Apple does not want to quit. So I hope for russian authorities to take an action.

 

[Helix]

Yep this is a very transparent hint as far as I get it. It has already. And you can go and tell there all you grievances if you don't like truth being posted here.

Does Russia have its own Apple lookalike yet?

 

[Helix]

I looked it up.

A $200 Russian smartphone aiming to replace the iPhone isn't getting much love — fewer than 1,000 units have been sold since its debut

Russia's AYYA T1 smartphone has sold just 905 units since its October 2021 launch, according to business daily Vedomosti.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[dandolo2k]

Does Russia have its own Apple lookalike yet?

I think Russia doesn't need this expensive and useless toys. Nothing except style...

 

[Cosmo]

Or they can buy Chinese smartphones...

They could have done that long ago, but Russian elites prefer the fanciest Western cars, gadgets, watches, and other luxuries.

Below: two atheist Chekist commies enjoying luxury Western goods they bought with looted Russian natural resource money.

 

[Helix]

I think Russia doesn't need this expensive and useless toys. Nothing except style...

Then why do you care?

 

[dandolo2k]

Then why do you care?

A care only about Russia being able to live without Apple.

 

[Allan]

I looked it up.

A $200 Russian smartphone aiming to replace the iPhone isn't getting much love — fewer than 1,000 units have been sold since its debut

Russia's AYYA T1 smartphone has sold just 905 units since its October 2021 launch, according to business daily Vedomosti.

www.businessinsider.com

That's not even one unit per day.

 

[Roadvirus]

I think Russia doesn't need this expensive and useless toys. Nothing except style...

Russians can't afford Apple products anyway. I understand gas prices in the Motherland are a bit high these days....if gas is available at all.

 

[reinaert]

Russia is a corpse. Froth and snarl while you can, because the end is even closer than America's demise.