[Brazil-only] Problems downloading Proton VPN from the iOS app store

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We have received multiple reports today from users in Brazil having difficulties installing the Proton VPN app on iOS devices via the Apple App Store. We can confirm that the issue is not on our side, but likely with the App Store itself, which is controlled by Apple. What makes this an extremely strange coincidence is that it is also impacting multiple other VPNs in the Brazilian app store.

Most likely, something has happened on the Apple side, and we do not know if it is accidental, or if Apple is secretly implementing a censorship order. But because of Apple’s monopoly on iOS app distribution, there is no other way to get the app on iOS devices.

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If you want privacy, then you need control, which is basically nonexistent on iPhones.

I hope that Brazil isn’t trying to do the same as China and Russia.

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I don’t think is the case. It seems more of a problem in the Apple Store. Their regional control probably screwed up when releasing the app for wherever reason, like the app was corrupted or who knows. I’d say that this is more a post for Apple to answer first.

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Turns out they are doing exactly that. Apple and Google were ordered to block Brazilian users from downloading VPN apps.

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This is back to normal. Just confirmed it myself that Proton VPN can be downloaded from the Brazilian Apple App store as of now. Probably was indeed blocked initially due to the Supreme Court order, which has been withdrawn.