Market experts said that removing Sberbank apps from Google Play is only a formality because Android users can download them from other stores.
“Removing apps from Google Play will be less inconvenient than removing them from the AppStore. Unlike Apple, Android is a much more open system and gives more freedom to its users. Apps can be downloaded from developer sites, not just alternative app stores that compete with Google Play. “Sber does its best to pass information on to its customers,” said Ramil Karimov, Director of Digital Communications at CROS.
Assoc. Dr. Denis Zhiltsov said that this problem arose not only for Sberbank.
“As part of the sanctions, many banks have already faced restrictions on the use of Google and Apple electronic services, Sberbank is not the first to be affected by this process, and it is not the last. Banks are already operating in these conditions and restructuring themselves and helping their customers use other services.
Banks with limited ability to use Google and Apple simply notify their customers of the need to download and install distributions – application files – not from the “stores” of foreign systems, but directly from the websites and repositories of banks. themselves,” he said.
According to Mercator Holding Innovation Director Pavel Teplov, this makes us rethink the issue of import substitution.
“This will lead to independence and the regulation of new sites where we will place our products. Yes, difficulties cannot be avoided, but this is a necessary challenge for the emergence of new information chains, the independence that all Russian producers, including developers and producers of digital content, are currently striving for.
Previously, it was known that due to the sanctions imposed, Sber’s mobile applications on Android and iOS platforms could not be downloaded and updated in the Google Play store. We are talking about SberBank Online, SberBusiness, Sberbank Investor, SberInvestor X and SberInkassatsiya applications.