Bengaluru: On Tuesday, an app that had been downloaded by at least 5 million Indian Android users was taken down by Google Play Store citing policy violations. The takedown of Remove China Apps, which made headlines over the last week by promising to recognise and uninstall popular Chinese apps like TikTok, Helo, CamScanner and ShareIt, as well as some lesser known ones, came close on the heels of yet another popular app TikTok clone Mitron being removed from Play Store for similar violations.
Little is known about the app, except that it had been developed by a firm named OneTouch AppLabs, based out of Jaipur, Rajasthan. According to sources, two developers were involved in building the app, which has over the last two weeks been popularised and endorsed by some of India’s leading right-wing activists online.
Sources told that the developers built the app “out of their own interest” and applied to Google Play Store for approval on May 17. The app published on the Play Store on May 20, the sources said. As of Wednesday, though, the Android application package or APK of the app was available on other websites, technically making it available for downloads despite the Play Store ban. Google confirmed to that the app had been removed, pointing to its blog post elaborating on why it was taken down.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi or other high positioning government authorities haven’t focused on the utilization of Chinese apps legitimately yet forcefully required the monetary “confidence” of the nation. Remove China Apps was propelled a month ago only days after a cross-outskirt encounter among Chinese and Indian powers brought about minor wounds to troops The occurrence, at a remote, sloping intersection near Tibet, was the most recent in a long queue of outskirt flare-ups between the neigh boring forces, and has filled a new round Sonam Wangchuk, instruction reformer who was likewise the motivation for a mainstream film character in India, requested that kindred Indians blacklist everything Chinese in light of the outskirt deadlock. He shared a video on YouTube a week ago,
encouraging Indian residents to quit purchasing Chinese products, to “utilize your wallet power furthermore, stop practically financing the present military tormenting.” The video has been seen more than 3.7 multiple times. On-screen character Arshad Warsi tended to his 2.2 million supporters on Twitter, saying he is “intentionally going to quit utilizing everything that is Chinese.” As they’re a bit of an outsized portion of the items we use, it’ll require some investment however I do know, at some point, I will be without Chinese. You should attempt it also,” he included.
After removing the app, Google Play Store has now taken down the viral “Remove China Apps” that claims to identify China-made apps on your smartphone. The popularity of the Remove China Apps came amid border tensions between India and China in Ladakh and calls by Indian activists to boycott Chinese products.
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