Ukraine has asked Apple's chief executive, Tim Cook, to cut Russia off from the App Store and Apple

[yaesu]

products.

Mykhailo Federov, the country’s vice prime minister and the minister of digital transformation, has published the letter he sent on Friday, appealing for Cook to bolster the impact of government-level sanctions.

This should be demanded by the US gov, This should be what all US corporations should be doing right now, end all services to Russia. We cannot support a country that is trying to destroy its neighbor.

[SheltieLover]

1. Absofuckingloutely!

[mitch96]

2. What! and lose all that money?

I doubt they will do it..
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[SergeStorms]

5. War is lucrative for capitalists.

So no, I don't expect many capitalists to get behind any sort of boycott, with the exception of those connected to the arts. Maybe.

[Shipwack]

10. "War is a racket." nt

[onecaliberal]

3. Yes!!!

[Silent3]

4. Greep might explain it, but fear of what might happen to Apple employees in Russia...

...might figure into this too. I believe Russia has made veiled threats about this before. Giving that, of course, Apple should have already starting disentangling itself from Russia and getting the hell out of there.

[bottrott]

6. Nah, just push apps to every non-govt Apple device in RU

to encrypt messages so folks can organize, temporarily disable location information and provide reputable news sources to every Russian citizen with one and let them turn on Putin.

[Cha]

7. Ukraine Needs All Our HELP, Tim Cook!

💙

[BigmanPigman]

27. Ukrainian colors...cool Cha!

[Cha]

31. Ohh.. I had to go back

and look.. I didn't even think about that!

Thank You, BP.. 💙

[Igel]

8. How about Microsoft have an "accident" and every instance of Windows or any MS product

that's Internet-connected in Russia or Kazakhstan suddenly needs an update?

"Oh, crap! The updated triple-reformatted your hard drives. Sorry, 100101100101001 + 1101110111 doesn't equal 1011100001. We've fired the contraktor that programmed that error. Our bad. We expect to restore your data in year 0000100000000101. Until then, we've installed the Hamster Dance Song on your computer with software that plays it. Nonstop. Enter your registered MS product serial number and ID code to deactivate."

[calimary]

12. Exactly.

What’s that slogan?

I think it’s the one that states: “by any means necessary.”

[HipChick]

17. Putin has been pushing Microsoft out of Russia since 2016...

Would be interesting to see what footprint they have left there

[IronLionZion]

18. Windows still has 88% market share of desktops in the Russian Federation

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/russian-federation

Mobile is 78% Android
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/russian-federation

[FakeNoose]

9. K & R Prayers for Kiev - every little bit helps

[KatK]

11. Ask the tech companiess (and others) to boycott Russa on FB (URLs listed here)

Here are some of the biggies:

https://www.facebook.com/apple/
https://www.facebook.com/Microsoft
https://www.facebook.com/Amazon/
https://www.facebook.com/Meta/
https://www.facebook.com/Google/
https://www.facebook.com/samsungelectronics/
https://www.facebook.com/DellTechnologies/
https://www.facebook.com/Sony/

[calimary]

13. Kicking for this post. May have to find this later.

[blue-wave]

14. Yes!! Shut Russia down!!

[calimary]

15. Yes, Vlad.

WE have YOU surrounded.

[turbinetree]

16. The same Apple that took down the app for voting in Russia....that created this mess....

and left Putin and others in charge....

https://www.vox.com/recode/22680010/russia-apple-app-store-smart-voting-monopoly

[ancianita]

19. COME ON, Cook, and all tech corp in the U.S. Humans are more important than ideas

and the digital world.

[Thunderbeast]

20. I noticed the Microsoft Windows wallpaper

on a weapons system computer used by the Russian military.

Maybe it's time for a mandatory "push" update to Wndows...Something that will take many months to install.

[Flaleftist]

21. Not Apple, but it's a start.

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=sSmC_zR-cunjKEZDh86jMA

[calimary]

33. Hey. every little bit...

Little bits soften start adding up.

[tiredtoo]

22. Don't hold your breath waiting for U.S. corporations to cut Russia off

Corporations are for profit. Nothing else matters.

[iemanja]

24. +1

[Ilsa]

23. There could be repercussions from

current Apple product users if they don't cut them off.

[SunSeeker]

25. Do it!

[AlexSFCA]

26. and Microsoft too!

it they can’t even decide on swift which should have been done WEEKS ago.

[ZonkerHarris]

28. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram need to shut down Russian ops too.

Let them use TRUTH social

[muriel_volestrangler]

34. Russia restricts Facebook access since it is fact-checking and labelling state-controlled media

Russia had partially restricted Facebook access after social media giant Meta refused to stop labelling and fact-checking state-controlled media organisations.

Russian authorities ordered Facebook’s parent company Meta to allow RIA Novosti news agency, Zvezda TV channel and Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru news websites to publish on Facebook unrestricted, Meta’s VP Global Affairs and former Deputy Prime Minister Sir Nick Clegg in a statement.

Vladimir Putin has waged a misinformation campaign to justify his invasion of Ukraine, falsely claiming he was invading to protect pro-Moscow separatists from rights abuses, of which there is no evidence. The four state-controlled media organisations have played a key role in the efforts.

Sir Nick said on Friday: “Yesterday, Russian authorities ordered us to stop the independent fact-checking and labelling of content posted on Facebook by four Russian state-controlled media organisations.

“We refused. As a result, they have announced they will be restricting use of our services.

“Ordinary Russians are using our apps to express themselves and organise for action. We want them to continue to make their voices heard, share what’s happening, and organise through Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger.”

Early on Saturday, the third day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Meta applied further restrictions by prohibiting the state-controlled media from running advertisements or monetising their content anywhere in the world.

https://inews.co.uk/news/russia-restricts-facebook-access-meta-stop-fact-checking-labelling-state-controlled-media-1486014

[Gore1FL]

29. He's not wrong, but I'd rather see it done in a more total and controlled way.

By that, I mean as part of the package of sanctions being imposed by the U.S., Western Europe.

[AllaN01Bear]

30. along with micro$oft

[roamer65]

32. Should happen right now.

Right fucking now.