On Tuesday, US time, Apple officially announced: Apple suspended the sale of all products in Russia and banned some services.
Apple's statement goes like this: "We are deeply concerned about russia's invasion of Ukraine and stand with all those who have suffered as a result of violence."
We are supporting humanitarian efforts, providing assistance to the evolving refugee crisis, and doing all we can to support our team in the region. ”
Apple's specific practices are:
1. Cut off the supply of goods to Russia;
2. Restrict the use of Apple Pay and other services in Russia;
3. Remove Russian news applications;
4. Disable the apple map real-time traffic function in ukraine to protect civilians.
Simply banning the sale of Apple mobile phones, that is no problem, but Apple Pay can not use that is a big problem,
Because Visa and Mastercard have blocked Russia, plus now Apple Pay can not be used,
That Russia really can't use mobile phones to pay, so even to take a subway has to pay in cash, the entrance gate lined up a long queue...
Some friends will say that Apple is so dragged without it, directly to the Android camp, is not very good?
Sorry, Google has also joined the camp of blocking Russia, so Google Pay also does not use...
At this time, some netizens have a clever move, since foreign mobile phones have collapsed, at this time, can our domestic mobile phones be of great use?
In China, it is no problem, but in Russia, xiaomi, OPPO, vivo are domestic brands,
But they use Google's GMS service, and as long as Google doesn't let them use them, the phones still won't work.
In addition to Apple and Google, a number of network technology companies in the United States have begun to restrict the voice of Russian state media through major social media.
Meta announced that it would ban the accounts of Russia Today and Satellite News Agency from posting information to Europe, and Twitter announced that it would label posts by sources in the Russian Kremlin.
In addition, Microsoft announced that it will no longer display Russia Today and satellite news agencies products and advertisements, and will remove Russia Today-related applications from its app store. Foreign media RBC said that AMD and Intel have also suspended the delivery of products to Russia.
I have to say that in this era, simple financial sanctions may really have no impact, after all, Russia has long had its own financial firewall.
But from the Internet strike, it is likely to be caught off guard.
Therefore, Russia's experience is still very valuable for our country's future strategy, maybe one day there will be a conflict, the domestic Apple and Android mobile phone services will be blocked...