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Russia escalates dispute with Apple over mandatory app preinstallation

9to5Mac • Tue, 04 Aug 2026

Russia escalates dispute with Apple over mandatory app preinstallation

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.

What happened?

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.

Story details

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.

Why it matters

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Original source

https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/03/russia-escalates-dispute-with-apple-over-mandatory-app-preinstallation/