Apple has shut down access for Russian developers to the Apple Developer Enterprise Program (ADEP) corporate application development platform since February 12 this year. The program allowed companies to develop iOS applications and distribute them among employees without having to publish them on the App Store.
The closure of access to ADEP was confirmed by Alexander Tuzovsky, head of iOS development at red_mad_robot. Since February 12, all data related to the program has been deleted and access to it has been closed.
In particular, in March 2022, Apple stopped supporting Russian Mastercard and Visa payment systems cards, and then Mir cards in the Apple Pay service, and also removed applications from sanctioned banks from the App Store.
According to Nikolai Nikolenko, blocking and deleting developer accounts at Apple will have a serious impact on the mobile application market in Russia. Currently, there is no direct alternative to ADEP on the market with similar functionality, which creates additional difficulties for developers.
Earlier www1.ru reported that Apple removed more than one hundred applications from the App Store at the request of Roskomnadzor.
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