None of this is really Apple’s responsibility, nor is it reasonable for them to be playing the 4d chess that you’re entertaining.

Apple isn’t a geopolitical humanitarian strategist organization. They’re a for-profit tech company. They sell widget to people with money unless they think it’s in the interest to not do so. Period

> None of this is really Apple’s responsibility, nor is it reasonable for them to be playing the 4d chess that you’re entertaining.

It's okay to put that burden on the Russian people, but not Apple? Why is Apple so special here?

If you're going to make the consequentialist argument that a consequence of the Russian's allowing an echo chamber is Apple can remove apps, then you also need to apply that to Apple. You can't selectively apply logic when it's convenient to your argument and disregard it when it's not.

Russia’s internal affairs are not Apple’s responsibility to fix. Nor is it within their power to do. I entertained someone else’s consequentialist argument above but I never made one myself.

> a consequence of the Russian's allowing an echo chamber is Apple can remove apps

Those are independent things, not a consequence of the other.

You would allow a company to do anything as long as its for-profit? Really?

No, I wouldn’t. We’re talking about removing an app from an App Store. Not “anything”.