9to5Mac · August 4, 2026 — 02:59

Russia escalates dispute with Apple over mandatory app preinstallation

Russia escalates dispute with Apple over mandatory app preinstallation
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Reuters reports that Russia’s antitrust regulator has opened a formal case against Apple over the company’s failure to preinstall the state-backed MAX messenger and Russia’s RuStore app marketplace on its devices. Here are the details.

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