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A comment on An Open Letter to Google and Apple: Stop Hindering Iranian Entrepreneurs.

Re:An Open Letter to Google and Apple: Stop Hindering Irania... by DoreenMichele on Friday June 28, 2019 @05:22AM (#20302702)
There are alternative app stores available, for example: https://code.tutsplus.com/articles/10-alternative-android-ap...

Does anyone know enough about the legal angle to talk about what it would take to develop an alternative platform not impacted by US sanctions?

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Re:An Open Letter to Google and Apple: Stop Hindering Irania... by arjmandi on Friday June 28, 2019 @05:26AM (#20302716)
It's not just about the publishers, Apple and Google are being forced to ban any transaction from Iran. Iranian apps cannot be published from any provider around the world on Apple devices. Apple home, Google Chromecast and other appliances don't even work in Iran.
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