cross-posted from: https://altmedia.house/post/251085

source: https://x.com/TheBRICSreport/status/2043388301273678115

you can check yourself

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.

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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 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.

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When I try to access it on safari ios it mysteriously loads forever. It used to work well before the whole Spotify thing.

I now how to use firefox for it to work.

Not complaining, I like firefox. Just wondering if this is a coincidence or apple is cracking down on piracy?

I already transferred to Qobuz, but feels weird that they threaten people leaving with losing their libraries.

This would suck for people who only wish to temporarily cancel.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36208683

PSA: It is important to read all the software update buttons. Even if you ignore the first big Tahoe ad (same will apply to pads and phones), and just choose to "update", the upgrade to Tahoe is checked by default and the button will read "Upgrade".

This disingenuous practice which Apple has been practicing for years now, has resulted in many non-consentual OS upgrade.

The roll back process, especially without proper backup can be next to impossible, and the Liquid Glass UI roll out is just latest in failures of a company that false advertised AI, lies in court and dines with dictators and gifts them gold.

On a conspiratorial side note, this company is now fully Fourth Reich compliant, so careful installing anything new that might open up new backdoors.

/rant

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35514048

High profile Epstein clients gather with Commander in Chief Child Mostesting

POTUS met with a number Epstein clients to discuss the upcoming release of the Epstein Files, under the guise of some “be best with AI” summit.

This is a serious community, but this post is sarcasm

There’s also a MacOS app that can just download the songs so you can live without a subscription without losing all the music in your streaming library, but the name escapes me for a while.

I have heard of many reports of it being too inaccurate to use. How could Apple allow such a flagship app to fall into such disrepair when major iOS versions have literally advertised the new weather’s features?

Apple should’ve chose Friendica instead!

!friendica@lemmy.ca