India Banned Tik Tok and 58 Other China App, Know Alternative to these Apps

India Banned Tik Tok and 58 Other China App, Know Alternative to these Apps

India Banned TikTok and 58 Other apps which were of china origin. This is merely in response to allegations of misuse of data, and the transfer of said data outside the country. Well sharing data outside is something which harms the sovereignty and integrity of India

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Law & Justice, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Minister Of India said that "For safety Security, defense, sovereignty and integrity of India and to protect the data and privacy of India, the government have banned 59 mobile apps".

LIST OF APPS BANNED:

Tik Tok

UC Browser

Shareit

Clash Of Kings

Likee

Shein

Kwai

YouCam Makeup

Helo

Baidu Map

Du Battery Saver

Mi community

CM Browsers

ROMWE

APUS Browser

Virus Cleaner

Club Factory

WeChat

Beauty PLus

Newsdog

UC News

Xender

Es File Explorer

QQ Music

QQ Mail

QQ Newsfeed

Bigo Live

Parallel Space

Mail Master

SelfieCity

Mi Video Call - Xiaomi

WeSync

Wibo

Viva Video - QU Video Inc.

Meitu

Vigo Video

New Video Status

DU Recorder

Vault - Hide

Cache Cleaner DU App Studio

DU cleaner

DU browser

Hago Play with New friends

CamScanner

Sweet Selfie

Wonder camera

Photo Wonder

DU privacy

We Meet

Clean Master - Cheetah Mobile

Baidu translate

U Video

QQ International

QQ Security Center

QQ Launcher

CVMate

V Fly Status Video

Mobile Legends

QQ Player

A RISK TO INDIA'S SECURITY

The move, however, comes after the worst clashes in decades between the two nations , leading many to speculate it as a response to Chinese aggression at the LAC.

Moreover, the frequently used Section 69A of the IT Act, under which this was done, is not normally accompanied with announcement and is done in secret.

The announcement and the timing, along with the past precedent of such actions, may strongly suggest that it is politically motivated retaliation against China.

SOURCE OF HARM TO INDIA AND THE COMPANIES

This move is bound to cause harm - the question, however, is who will be to carry the burden; for now, it looks like it would be the app developers and Indian consumers.

Tik Tok, for instance, would lose a 120 million Indian consumers, but countless users new to the internet who use the platform to either earn or support their businesses would also lose an invaluable platform do so.

BACK TO THE PRE-LIBERALISATION ERA?

The majority of the negative consequences would be borne by consumers and developers, with the Chinese government or China's GDP being left relatively unscathed.

Retalliation from their front is likely, but because of the motivation behind said decision; not because their economy is "hurt".

This, then, may truly be a political message and a push to the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' campaign as Indian counterparts of the applications get handed a comparatively competition-free industry.

ALTERNATIVES FOR INDIAN USERS

Despite the larger implications, a major source of concern for the average user is having to find suitable alternatives; fortunately, these exist.

Tik Tok's Indian counterparts Chingari and Mitron are freely available on the Google Play Store and have been gaining traction; the former has 2.5 mn downloads.

Users of UC Browser and DU Browser could switch to browsers such as Safari and Google Chrome; for an Indian alterenative, the JioBrowser has a layout similar to UC.

Helo, Bigo Live, Vigo Video, VMate, Kwai

Alternative: Mitron and Chingari

UC Browser, DU Browser, Cm Browser and APUS Browser

Alternative: Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Also Jio Browser.

YouCAm Makeup, BeautyPlus and Photo Wonder

Alternative: B16 - Beauty & Filter Camera

SHAREit and Xender

Alternative: Super Beam. Can also use Wifi Direct, NFC or QR codes for transfering and sharing large files.

360 Security

Alternative: Bitfender Mobile security and Antivirus

AppLock

Alternative: The Norton App

CamScanner

Alternative: Adobe Scan, PDF scanner with OCR

ES File Explorer

Alternative: Files by Google: Clean Up space on your phone" and File Commande File Manager & Free Cloud.

Shein

Alternative: Myntra

Mi Video Call

Alternative: WhatsApp