How is that different from Apple and Google removing apps of Trump supporters and social media companies closing their communication channels?

Is it democratic, as opposed to this case, just because companies did it without an official request from the government/courts?

Here's comes to mind the old saying: "a King only has to think about something, and others will do it without him even asking. Smaller players will need to actually request and even use the brute force to get things done".

As a side note, Navalny is not a democrat, he's a racist, but somehow gets labelled as democrat in western media just because he's against Putin.