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Apple bows to Kremlin pressure to remove leading VPNs from Russian AppStore — Novaya Gazeta Europe (novayagazeta.eu)
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[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Only via complicated shady schemes. The simplest option is to go to another country, open a bank account and buy a sim.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can’t they block ip addresses or gps coords?

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Apple? They probably are able to geoblock Russia, but it will cut sales in neighboring countries like Georgia and Kazakhstan. Why would they perform such a reckless move?

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago

Interesting. Thanks for the info.