Bizzare logic (the spying one). Folks in Russia joke that they’re fine with foreign apps collecting data cause there isn’t much they can do with it anyway. While locals collecting data are 1) incapable of actual protection of said data 2) can definitely do smth with it if they wish so. Hence all the jokes about your local FSB guy being upset over people using Whatsapp/Telegram and not Max (local badly coded spyware masquerading as messenger). :D

Ah, I see. Time to practice some Spanish then! Thank you! :)

What a great write-up. Did you translate it yourself or is it available in English somewhere?