The Ministry of Digital Development is planning a bill for the spring session of the State Duma that will oblige Apple to open access to installing applications from external stores.
This bill was announced back in 2022, but was postponed. It is currently being prepared at the suggestion of the presidential administration.
Flowwow CTO Dmitry Shesternin admitted that this law may limit the work of sanctioned app publishers, “but without details it is difficult to say whether it will be easier or more difficult for developers in general to work with Apple.” Currently, there are no difficulties in the work of companies from the Russian Federation with Apple:
Moderation takes place quite quickly; there are practically no checks of our applications. We may receive clarifying questions from Apple two or three times a year.
— Dmitry Shesternin
Aleksey Minaev, a teacher at the educational platform of the Moscow Digital School, believes that Russian regulators, with some Apple approaches, can force Apple to comply with changing legal requirements. However, the company “continues to comply with decisions of courts and supervisory authorities and pays fines. So the initiative of the Ministry of Digital Development does not look hopeless.” [Коммерсантъ]
Source: Iphones RU
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