{"id":238084,"date":"2026-06-26T20:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/russian-citizens-told-switch-to-android-after-apple-blocks-key-russian-apps\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T20:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:58:02","slug":"russian-citizens-told-switch-to-android-after-apple-blocks-key-russian-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/russian-citizens-told-switch-to-android-after-apple-blocks-key-russian-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian citizens told &#8220;switch to Android&#8221; after Apple blocks key Russian apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>According to Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/legal\/app-store\/transparency\/2025\/\">2025 App Store Transparency Report<\/a>, Russia is the runaway world leader in one category: Demanding that Apple remove apps from its App Store.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Russia asked that Apple remove 1,213 apps\u2014many of these VPN apps designed to thwart the country&#8217;s draconian Internet censorship. (Vietnam was number two, requesting that 335 apps be blocked.)<\/p>\n<p>Russia is essentially trying to build a closed, spy-friendly, domestic version of the Internet. While the Russian government loves demanding app bans from Apple, it only wants bad, degenerate apps banned. It does not want good, strong Russian apps banned, such as VKontakte (a Russian version of Facebook) or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2025\/08\/28\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-max-russias-state-backed-answer-to-whatsapp-a90356\">Max messaging app<\/a> (state-mandated communications software so creepy that <a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/feature\/2026\/05\/22\/you-already-know-russia-s-max-messenger-spies-on-users-you-probably-don-t-know-just-how-many-surveillance-tools-it-hides-including-even-a-neural-network-for-eavesdropping\">one exile publication<\/a> described it with the insanely long headline, &#8220;You already know Russia\u2019s Max messenger spies on users. You probably don\u2019t know just how many surveillance tools it hides, including even a neural network for eavesdropping.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/06\/russian-citizens-told-switch-to-android-after-apple-blocks-key-russian-apps\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/06\/russian-citizens-told-switch-to-android-after-apple-blocks-key-russian-apps\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Apple&#8217;s 2025 App Store Transparency Report, Russia is the runaway world leader in one category: Demanding that Apple remove apps from its App Store. In 2025, Russia asked that Apple remove 1,213 apps\u2014many of these VPN apps designed to thwart the country&#8217;s draconian Internet censorship. (Vietnam was number two, requesting that 335 apps be blocked.) 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