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Russia is the most sanctioned country in the world. Youtube is blocked in Russia. Moscow court fines Google in $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Google allows MAX, a Russian state surveillance app, on the Play Store. Irony?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.oneme.app&hl=en-US

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[–] limerod@reddthat.com 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You have the link formatted backwards. It cannot be directly opened.

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[–] HakFoo 1 points 14 hours ago

Why are "round videos" a feature?

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 points 17 hours ago

What did Google say when you reported the app?

[–] ChristchurchAsshole@lemmy.ml 0 points 17 hours ago

My Russian friends keep telling me about the services that are being banned. I tried to install MAX surveillance app but it doesn't work in New Zealand. Needs a russian or Belarusian number 😭

Never mind, at least VK is reliable.

BTW this is not the first time that American tech companies helped an "authoritarian" country. I bet all the Chinese apps are allowed too.