Posted on 09/01/2018 4:07:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
People have been wondering for some time why they couldn't access the rainbow watch face in Russia, and now iOS developer Guilherme Rambo has revealed why on Twitter: "The Apple Watch pride face is hard coded to not show up if the paired iPhone is using the Russian Locale."
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It's very likely this is a result of Russia's 2013 'gay propaganda' law - a law which has seen all LGBTQ parades, art, speech and general support completely prohibited in the country in the name of protecting young generations from 'propaganda regarding sexual relations'. This particular law violates human rights regarding freedom of speech and expression and while the European Court of Human Rights ruled that it encourages discrimination, prejudice and homophobia, little has been done on an international fro
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How dare Russia not allow promotion of homosexuality!
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Wow,,,,can we get it blocked here too?
Watch the NYTimes go bats%##t crazy (even more than before).
I think China would do about the same thing, but I don’t think the press wants to tell us about the situation in China though...
Who would have guessed when Ronald Reagan was President, that in a few years Russia would be the bastion of Christianity and protector of traditional Western values?
Solzhenitsyn saw this coming, and warned us.
China absolutely would do the same thing - both because they are concerned about “public morality” but mostly because China allows no one to organize social or political parades or public events. NO ONE gathers in groups China without the CCP giving tacit or explicit approval.
Its amazing isn't it? I believe that a more forceful, moral and visionary US leader at the collapse of the Soviet Union (instead of the CIA stooge George Bush) would have led us towards a very different kind of relations with Russia after 1991.
Good Grief !
What’s a Leftist to do ?!
Did Trump collaborate with muslim countries to throw gay pride app users off the top of their countries “Trump T0wer”?
” Did Trump collaborate with music countries to throw gay pride app users off of their countries “Trump Tower”?
Oops, except that he would probably not think that a bad thing, and therefore not be willing to credit President Trump for it among his homies.
And why leftists have made a 180° turn from loving Russia to hating it.
Apple isn’t really pro gay, they are just pro profit. They might be sorta pro gay, but more pro profit.
The EU will use this as a pretext to ban Apple products.
Wonder when they will turn anti-China, not only does China treat homosexuality as a mental illness, they are also working at getting Muslims to leave Islam in forceful ways.
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