> I disagree. I think the problem is that Apple is choosing to support dictators by removing this app.
Is he still a dictator if he would win contested elections?
The polling on Putin in Russia is pretty darn clearcut, don't see how you can look at the numbers I do and conclude anything other than that Putin has the tacit support of most of the population.
Take a look at the Soviet bloc elections. They won by big margins through voter suppression and much more.
Castro was elected for what, 50 years. He was definitely a dictator.
There was (is) voter suppression in the US and the civil rights movement directly worked to overturn polls that showed that only white governors and mayors in the south will win.
I don’t think Russian polls can be interpreted fairly to mean Putin has the tacit support of most of the population. Putin’s opponents are jailed and they are billionaires. If I get a poll, I’m not going to answer honestly due to fear.
Any reason they can’t just block the site? Is F-Droid a good option for this kind of mobile app?
I guess you can say they wind up playing whack-a-mole with new App Store and websites but that doesn’t seem ideal either. Russians can plant something too.
And Google removed it too. So are users downloading it now from 3rd-party app stores?
