Let's discuss digital sovereignty. NOT digital transformation! Because many are already confused, I know. There was also a term that no one remembers anymore: import substitution.

So: it cannot be denied that our IT companies, our IT sector, our IT industry have grown a lot and have done a huge number of different things. The market is growing at an incredible pace, everything is getting bigger... Yes, on the one hand, yes. Whatever anyone says, the industry is globally maturing.

But

Then we wake up in the morning, and Max has been removed from the app store. Some bank has again released some kind of tomato timer instead of its normal app... Circus!

What I'm getting at

First, the fresh advice to Apple users to buy an Android smartphone as a second phone and use it for banking doesn't sound too stupid. I don't see much of an alternative in terms of everyday life yet. If you're an Apple user, write in the comments what you think about this.

Second, and I didn't start the post with the words about digital sovereignty for nothing: I have a hard time imagining, in the modern world, that any country (e.g., Russia) could truly have this very digital sovereignty without having everyday consumer products and wearable gadgets (computers, phones, watches, etc.).

I talk about this regularly in various media, on TV, etc., but, honestly, I still don't understand how we can achieve this. If I did, I would probably have already gone to make my own Yotaphone.

That is, China has its own CPUs, its own Huaweis, etc. The USA has its own Apples and Taiwan with their CPUs. But Russia has neither CPUs nor Yotaphones. Except for Baikal, of course, but that's a separate conversation.

In short, while we on Moscow24 discuss the removal of Max from the Apple Store, this big question still hangs over our heads. Just another reminder.

And check out the video, I also talk about it closer to the end: m24.ru/videos/04062026/907620