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On June 29, 2020, the Indian government made a very significant decision of banning 59 Chinese apps in the country.
This decision was a result of two factors:
Firstly, there had been privacy concerns over these apps for quite some time now. The Indian government has had several complaints about these apps sharing the data of their users, in an unauthorized way, with servers located outside the country.
Secondly, due to the recent face off between India and China at the Galwan valley.
Impact Of The Ban
These 59 apps have been removed from Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store, in India. Some of these banned apps were very popular among the Indian audience, apps like TikTok, UC Browser and Shareit were used by millions of Indians.
These users would now have to look for alternatives of such apps. This process could be a little frustrating for the users, however, it could be a golden opportunity for apps and companies that were earlier competing with these platforms.
While apps that constantly require internet would immediately stop working due to the ban, the apps that do not constantly require live internet could work for some more time or maybe even permanently, but further downloads and updates of these apps would be blocked for sure.
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