The meaning of the proposed measures is that “the manufacturer of a technically complex product, or persons authorized by it, are not exempted from pre-installation of programs if a prohibition or other restriction for such installation is determined by the copyright holder of the system software.” (operating system)”. Now, Russian app stores, in fact, are discriminated against compared to local stores – by default they are installed by electronics manufacturers and software developers, including operating systems.
However, the list of devices covered by RuStore’s mandatory pre-installation does not include the iPhone. There are several reasons. First of all, because on the iPhone, in principle, third-party application stores are not provided structurally. The European Union will force Apple to install the app store, but only in 2024, the company is unlikely to “surrender” before that. In Russia, Apple has officially suspended work, so the company is not even required by law to install a Russian app store on smartphones not intended for sale in Russia.
There are also a few nuances in how the solutions proposed by the Ministry of Digital Development will be implemented on Android smartphones. On this occasion, Evgeny Kharitonov, editor-in-chief of the Ferra.ru online publication, commented.
Source: Ferra
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