Russian officials increase public procurement of iPhones fourfold despite their ban.
Russian officials increase public procurement of iPhones fourfold despite their ban.
Despite the heavy prohibition on American-made devices, Russian officials spent four times more of state money on iPhone procurement.
The "sactions" are such a joke if they can't make Apple play game. It's a completely locked proprietary device - just block all Russian IPs from accessing the App Store.
14 0 ReplyI'm sure the Russians are savvy and use VPNs like China. It's much less simple than just geofencing.
3 1 ReplyApple could also check location with GPS and wifi, making them unusable in Russia.
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I feel like there is going to be an exploding iPhone story in a year.
4 0 ReplyDon't you need an Apple ID to use an iPhone? I would be really surprised if Apple couldn't geoblock that if nothing else. Which makes me wonder if they aren't on purpose.
6 1 ReplyApple is complying with censorship requests from russia, don’t expect them to do shit
4 0 ReplyI don't. I really don't.
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Technically no, but if you want to install apps from the App Store, then yes.
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