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Valve bows to Kremlin: LGBTQ+ solitaire game [Flick Solitaire] pulled from russian Steam [cited a 2006 federal law prohibiting the "promotion of non-traditional sexualities"] (www.player.one)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Are you sure about that? Apple.

Google, fair enough, but I don't know to what extent they actually do business in Russia. Can you buy a pixel in Russia?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    You couldn't buy a Pixel in Russia even before the sanctions.

    Google did pause most of their Russian business. They don't pay YouTube creators, don't allow Google Play purchases, and while Google Workspace is available, it's only with a non-Russian payment method. All the free online stuff is available same as before. They don't comply with Roskomnadzor's requests for content takedowns as far as I know (I might be wrong since I moved out of Russia and stopped paying close attention to it).

    But in the end, it all comes down to business. Apple sells their devices through "unofficial retailers" that were pretty official before sanctions. They have a much stronger business presence there. Google doesn't, and they don't have as much to lose so they can afford this PR stunt. I'm certain that if Google's Russian business was stronger, they wouldn't be so uncompromising.

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