Google Play Store destroys Russian applications
May 20, 1401 at 09:03
Mobile sanctions against Russia and its citizens are intensifying, and in the latest move, Google Play Store is effectively killing Russian apps.
The continuation of the war between Russia and Ukraine will soon prevent Russian Android developers from getting paid for their work, and according to Google, this action is directly a subset of other actions of Western countries in sanctioning Russians, and as a result, users will no longer be able to pay for Android apps. Made by Russian developers, pay a fee or update the app. This practically means that Google Play Store has put Russian applications in danger of destruction.
Banning of Russian applications by Google
In a notice published on the Play Console website, Google notes that the Google Play Store will block downloads and updates of paid apps in Russia starting May 5, 2022.
Of course, free apps are an exception to this rule in the sense that users can still download and update them, but paid apps are blocked as per the aforementioned rule.
Of course, at the same time, Google has also proposed solutions, one of which is a one-year postponement of subscription renewal, which allows users to use programs without paying:
If you wish, you can offer your app for free or remove the paid subscription during this time.
This action comes exactly two months after Google suspended the Google Play billing system in Russia, and since March 10, Russian users have been banned from buying apps, paying for subscriptions, or making in-app purchases as part of sanctions imposed by the West. became
Two weeks later, Russia responded by banning Google News and blocking access to news.google.com.
Since Russia’s attack on its southwestern neighbor Ukraine, Western countries have imposed severe sanctions against Russia, as a result of which Russian banks have been banned from the SWIFT payment network and services such as Apple Pay and Google Pay. Also, many of the largest technology companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, etc., have left this country.