Russian users have begun to massively switch to domestic browsers, abandoning foreign counterparts. This is reported by Kommersant.
According to the publication, in August, the audience of the Yandex - with Alice AI application grew by 31% year-on-year. Foreign programs are losing users: Google Chrome saw an outflow of 3%, and Opera - 19%.
Why this is happening
The main reason was the forced revocation of foreign security certificates from Russian websites. In June, the Japanese certification center GlobalSign began revoking SSL certificates from Russian organizations. Because of this, foreign browsers can no longer guarantee reliable access to banking resources and other services where a secure connection is required.
Russian banks and large companies have switched to national certificates from the NUC of the Ministry of Digital Development and GOST TLS. Yandex Browser supports them by default, which allows opening Russian services without additional settings. Yandex reported that the browser is used on more than 95 million active devices.
A special case - Apple
Apple device owners behave differently. According to a source of the publication in the IT market, iOS and macOS users, when experiencing problems with a secure connection, more often change devices - switch to a home computer or Android smartphone - or use native banking applications.