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".
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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
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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.
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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
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