Apple reveals it bowed to Kremlin pressure to remove 190 apps from Russian App Store over three years - Mander

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/49757044 [https://mander.xyz/post/49757044] > Apple removed 190 apps from its Russian App Store at the request of Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor between 2022 and 2024, the company’s own annual transparency reports for those three years show. > > Though the number of apps removed from the Russian App Store has risen every year, that number rose hugely in 2024, when the Russian authorities began cracking down far more aggressively on online freedoms than it previously had done. > > After removing just seven apps in 2022, and 12 in 2023, Apple deleted 171 apps in 2024, meaning that Russia ranked second only to China by the number of apps removed at the request of the authorities. > > In the vast majority of cases — 182 out of 190 — Roskomnadzor invoked the same piece of Russian legislation setting out the grounds for blocking websites in its requests to the US tech giant. These range from the dissemination of materials by “undesirable organisations” to incitement to terrorism. A further seven apps were removed for breaching Russian financial laws, specifically to combat illegal securities trading, online fraudsters and the theft of personal data. > > … > > Web Archive link [https://web.archive.org/web/20260331132155/https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/03/31/apple-reveals-it-bowed-to-kremlin-pressure-to-remove-190-apps-from-russian-app-store-over-three-years-en-news] > > … > > As an addition, it is noteworthy that Apple is (in-)famous to bow to pressure from the Chinese Communist Party. For example, one report reads, Apple’s censorship in China is just the tip of the iceberg [https://web.archive.org/web/20260326135545/https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/apple_appstore_china_censorship.php] after the Chinese government ordered Apple to remove several widely used messaging apps—WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram—from its app store. > > According to reports from 2020, Apple purges nearly 30,000 apps from Chinese App Store [https://web.archive.org/web/20250714012152/https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/08/01/apple-purges-nearly-30000-apps-from-chinese-app-store]. > > …

Apple Discontinues Mac Pro - Slashdot

Apple has discontinued the Mac Pro and says it has no plans for future models. "The 'buy' page on Apple's website for the Mac Pro now redirects to the Mac's homepage, where all references have been removed," reports 9to5Mac. From the report: The Mac Pro has lived many lives over the years. Apple re...

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