How deleting Russian banking apps is killing the App Store

Neither the disabling of Apple Pay, nor the departure of popular streaming services from the Russian market, nor even the blocking of the usual means of payment demoralized users from Russia in the same way as the removal of banking applications. After Apple removed from the App Store mobile clients of Sberbank, Alfa, Sovcombank and many others, many really thought about whether it’s time to change the platform? After all, using the web version of your personal account is still a pleasure, and on Android, remote applications are, at the very least, available. Now there is almost no doubt about the correctness of this decision.

Despite the attempts of some banks to offer iOS users to install their applications bypassing the App Store using a certificate, this method somehow did not take root. After all, these certificates, oddly enough, are issued by Apple itself, and therefore at any time they can be blocked along with the installed banking client.

ПОДПИШИСЬ НА НАШ ЯНДЕКС.ДЗЕН, СКОРО ЭТО БУДЕТ ПЛАТНО

Therefore, the majority relied on web applicationsavailable in the browser. Of course, users did not like this approach, and this led to what we can observe right now. Largely due to the removal applications of Russian banks from the App Store Apple’s corporate catalog began to turn into a garbage dump.

Applications of Russian banks have been removed

So what? See for yourself:

A week ago, a pair of fake Sberbank Online applications penetrated the App Store. Someone might say that these are Sberbank’s problems and nothing more. But let’s be honest: Apple’s security service missed the fake client, and now it is not known how many people suffered from this demarche.

The original banking apps are no longer in the App Store. But there are fakes

How could you not recognize frankly phishing appI don’t even ask. But the censors clearly saw the logo, which means they were aware that the program belongs to the sanctioned Sberbank, whose software is banned in the App Store.

ОБЩАЕМСЯ С ЧИТАТЕЛЯМИ И БОЛТАЕМ ОБО ВСЁМ В ТЕЛЕГРАМ-ЧАТЕ ПО ЭТОЙ ССЫЛКЕ

Now we see how the App Store is gaining popularity Prime Balance app. They say it’s a substitute client VTB Online. Its developer is Unicom LLC, which, judging by the information in Google, has nothing to do with banking.

They say that Prime Balance is the same VTB Online, but under a different guise

However, users write that this application does open access to VTB personal account. So it is highly likely that it was published by one of the VTB structures or by order of the bank itself. Moreover, it was published secretly, and Apple obviously does not know about it.

It would seem that the appearance of the application Prime Balance on the App Store is positive news, and putting it on a par with the fake Sberbank Online is at least illogical. However, globally, this is one field of berries. Because even such software as Prime Balance undermines the security of the Apple app store and does not allow you to trust it 100% as it was before. Do you understand why I think so? Now I will explain.

Which is better: Android or iPhone

The beauty of the App Store has always been, ironically, honesty. You always got what you asked for from the search. Games, applications, utilities – everything you were looking for was original and guaranteed to work. This was the philosophy behind the App Store. But now it’s not like that at all. Large banks, having no legal way to reach their audience, are looking for workarounds and deceiving Apple moderators so that they do not remove their application from the catalog, and find them.

Android today looks like a more practical platform due to the presence of alternative app stores.

And it would be fine if they didn’t burn out anything, and the application would not be able to be carried out in the App Store. Then everyone would just use web versions personal accounts and forgot to think about workarounds. But no, they succeeded, and the mobile client was allowed to publish. This reveals several problems at once:

• It turns out that The App Store can be scammedwhich means that they will continue to do so.
• Users will no longer be able to trust the App Store, where there are actually fake ones, albeit benign in nature. applications.
• It is not clear how you and I should distinguish the real fake VTB application or any other bank from “fake” fake.
• Are we now going to use the usual software from under the counter and call everything by names other than their own?

ПОДПИСЫВАЙСЯ НА ТЕЛЕГРАМ-КАНАЛ СУНДУК АЛИБАБЫ, ЧТОБЫ ПОКУПАТЬ ТОЛЬКО ЛУЧШИЕ ТОВАРЫ НА АЛИЭКСПРЕСС

Do not misunderstand me. I am glad that VTB customers have the opportunity to download a normally working application through which they can perform all operations. However, its appearance in the App Store confirmed that the catalog has real problems with pre-moderation and security, and if this application can penetrate the virtual shelves, others can too. And protect us all Steve Jobs from downloading anything phishing. After all, now, as far as I understand, this slag in the App Store will only be more.

Why am I? And to the fact that android perspectives as more comfortable platforms for life are actually becoming more distinct. Yes, Google Play is no longer working as it used to be, you can no longer pay for subscriptions, and Google Chrome is updated every other time. But only on Android, unlike iOS, there are NashStore, and RuStore, and even RuMarket, where you will definitely find verified banking applications under your name. And that, in my opinion, is worth something.