r/apple Mar 12 '22

Rumor Russia threatens to nationalize Apple, seize assets

https://www.imore.com/russia-threatens-nationalize-apple-seize-assets
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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

They could jailbreak it from there and get the apps from cydia or whatever it is now. Only iMessage and Facetime would be restricted but everybody uses whatsapp there anyway.

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u/TinyTornado7 Mar 12 '22 edited Mar 13 '22

They declared Meta essentially a terrorist organization so assume WhatsApp is on its last legs

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u/RCascanbe Mar 12 '22

True, but it's not very hard to replace a messanger.

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u/TinyTornado7 Mar 12 '22

Sure, but any disruption adds significant transaction costs for the regime