Russia is pushing a “super app” for citizens It’s a calculated extension of state. What could possibly go wrong?
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Attempts to block russia’s most popular messaging apps (whatsapp is used daily by 67% of russians, telegram by 62%) have affected tens of millions of people in russia and hundreds of.
It’s called a super app, unifying messaging, payments, digital identity, and public services
In the us and europe, meta’s efforts to transform whatsapp have failed to gain traction It’s a similar story for x and uber But super apps dominate in china, and russia now is rolling out its copycat effort max It is more than technological innovation
