Apple approves first Telegram update since Russia ban
Telegram's chief said Cupertino stopped publishing its updates.
Apple has finally rolled out the latest version of Telegram on the App Store, a day after company chief Pavel Durov said
that the tech giant has been blocking its updates since April. Telegram
version 4.8.2 will make the app GDPR-compliant -- something that it
should've been since the EU enforced the data protection and privacy law
on May 25th. It also adds features that'll allow you to stop updating
your contacts and to delete your synced ones, as well as to disable link
previews in Secret Chats.
"We believe we did the only possible thing, preserving the right of our users to privacy in a troubled country," Durov said. "Unfortunately, Apple didn't side with us."
In a follow-up tweet, Durov merely thanked Apple and Tim Cook for allowing his team to deliver the latest version of Telegram to millions of users. Neither side explained what really went on behind the scenes and why Apple stopped approving updates for everyone around the world when the app is only banned in Russia. It's also unclear if this is a one-off update, which could cause issues down the line if Telegram can't patch a security flaw, or whether they've fully fixed things between them. Either way, you may want to download the iOS update if you don't want to keep seeing broken features.
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