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If there's something that Russians don't like, they need to fix it themselves.

You should Google Afghanistan, or pretty much any Middle-Eastern country that was liberated by the Americans. See how well it ended.



Why the fuck americans think it's all about them? This news is about an app, no one is asking USA to bomb putin for fuck sake.


They are fixing it themselves. And in the process of fixing it, they made an app. Google and Apple prevented the distribution of this app.


> Google and Apple prevented the distribution of this app.

The Russian government made them. Please don’t twist the causality chain to push an agenda.


The regime asked them to, and at that point, they had the choice between siding with the regime, or the people. They chose the regime.


How a company sides with people instead of the regime that governs the country? Describe please.


By not deleting the app.


Which is means, employees of Apple in Russia go to jail, accounts frozen, offices raided, documents and equipment seized, sales of iPhone banned, access to Apple servers blocked.

What do you achieve with this?


The app is up. Have you ever heard about a butterfly effect? And this is not even a butterfly's wing flap.


That’s something that the public would do. It’s not up to the corporations.

Govt says take that down, the company takes it down, public outrage ensues, govt takes a step back, the company brings it back.

The good thing about governments is that you actually pick the management. Even in not so democratic places it is common and acceptable to take down poor managers through any means.

With companies, you only can hope that the CEO is capable and ethical. That’s why it’s not OK for them to go extralegal. They are supposed to function within the law and their obligations are to the shareholders.


> That’s something that the public would do. It’s not up to the corporations.

Corporations consist of people.


Sure, just as the government




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