¡®Remove China Apps¡¯ Crosses 10 Lakh Play Store Downloads, Becomes Top Free App
An app called Remove China Apps has surfaced on Google Play Store recently
Recently, remove china apps has been trending across the nation, after several incidents like COVID-19, Chinese activity on Indian borders as well as what TikTok is making Indian users do.
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This extreme hate towards Chinese products and apps are surfacing while also the idea of ¡®Vocal for Local¡¯, to promote Indian apps and businesses. But most citizens who want to support this, can¡¯t easily recognise or differentiate which app is actually made by a Chinese company.
To simplify this, an app called Remove China Apps has surfaced on Google Play Store that does exactly what it says.
And today it has managed to cross over 10 lakh users since its launch less than 15 days ago on May 17. The app has also managed to get a rating of 4.8 stars in no time.
How does the app work?
The app once installed, looks for all the apps that are installed on the device, then from that, it populates a list of apps that are made by Chinese developers (looking through its own database of apps). After populating the list, if users wish to uninstall a particular app, they can simply uninstall it from the app by hitting the delete button to the right.
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Developed by OneTouch AppLabs (this is the first and only app developed by them as of now) What¡¯s cool about the app is that it doesn¡¯t take any detail for login. One thing worth noting is that the app only shows third-party apps installed on the app, not the pre-installed apps by Chinese smartphone makers like Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo etc.
This isn¡¯t the first app to climb on the bandwagon of anti-China sentiments. To combat TikTok while promoting the ¡®Vocal For Local¡¯ an app developer launched ¡®Mitron¡¯ -- a TikTok clone that even achieved over 50 lakh downloads in a matter of days. Reports, however, have also revealed that the app was bought by the developer from a Pakistani developer.
