Apple has definitively shut down one of the most popular methods to install Russian apps that had previously been removed from the App Store, severely affecting iPhone users in that country.
📲 What exactly happened?
End of the shortcut with iMazing: The iMazing tool made it easy to reinstall sanctioned Russian banking apps and other services that were no longer available on the official store.
Appearance of Error 403: When attempting authorization or download through this program, the system now throws an Error 403 that completely restricts access.
Closing gaps for Russia: This measure further hardens Apple’s ecosystem against sanctioned applications, leaving users with practically no options to restore their mobile banking and key platforms on iOS.
With this move, the bitten apple demonstrates that within its closed ecosystem, its digital sovereignty is absolute. In the fierce global technological battle, neither third-party programs nor alternative maneuvers can bring down the walls of Silicon Valley: control of both hardware and software asserts itself again over any attempt at evasion.
