However, data from the app analytics platform SensorTower suggests that Indians havent really stopped downloading China-based apps.
TikTok is one of the apps that has faced scrutiny in the past couple of weeks.
It started with the brawl betweenYouTube and TikTok starsin India last month.
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Googlelater removed millions of reviewsand restored the ratings of the app.
Indian app makers tried to take advantage of the situation and a number of TikTok-like social networks got attention.
Most notable was the Mitron app, which has faced a ton of controversy.
First, it wasaccused of buying the code froma Pakistan coding companyQboxus for $34.
In a recent interview, the founders of the apprefuted these claims.
Later, the app was removed from the Play Store forviolating its spam and repetitive content policy.
The developers have worked with Google to tweak the app and its back on the Play Store.
However, there are a ton of clones that are trying to grab its download share.
Downloads arent the only measure to consider when looking at the app usage in India.
And last in this series Top 20 Android Apps in India (by visitors).
So, the question is what do you want to boycott?
Top Chinese apps such in India such as TikTok and PUBG have little competition at the moment.
So, people might not be switching camps overnight.
The current standoff between the two countries might prolong the anti-China sentiment in India for a while.
That’s one heck of a mixed bag.
He likes to say “Bleh.
That’s one heck of a mixed bag.
He likes to say “Bleh.”
