local time on August 30, according to a report from The Times of India, one year after banning Chinese apps (APP), there are still many apps from China appearing on Indians’ mobile phones, users The numbers even show "exponential" growth.
The Times of India survey found that among the 60 most popular apps in India, at least 8 are products of Chinese companies, including Alibaba , ByteDance and Xiaomi. They changed the name and LOGO of the APP, and concealed the country of origin, and continued to provide them to Indian netizens.
According to statistics, in July 2020, the number of Chinese APP users was only about 96 million. After the ban, the number of users increased by about 115 million to 211 million in just 13 months.
Last year, India banned TikTok, UC browser , PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Baidu search and other 267 Chinese applications, including social, gaming, search and other types. Before they were banned, they were the most popular apps in India, occupying more than half of the popular list.
At present, the Chinese apps discovered by Indian media include PLAYit, mAst: Music Status, Noizz, Mivi, Resso, Tiki, ShareMe, and Zili.
Among them, PLAYit has jumped to the first place in the domestic list of India.Fuyan looked up, this is an audio-visual application, with mobile and computer versions, you can search for music and videos of interest on the entire network, and play them, and convert the format.
Embarrassing is India
We know that India has always claimed to be a big country of information technology (IT) and has a lot of IT talents. According to data from Wikipedia , India’s IT industry's total revenue reached US$188 billion in 2019, employing approximately 4.36 million employees.
As early as the 1960s and 1970s, India began to deploy its own IT industry and cooperated with American companies to establish a software export industrial park. For Indians, the foundation of the software language is English, and English is the language they often use, which is an advantage.
In the 1990s, with the rapid development of the Internet, India's IT industry has also achieved a great leap, and the output value has been increasing year by year.
It is worth noting that the IT industry in India is mainly for outsourcing, not the development of the entire system. To put it simply, after software companies in Europe and the United States have designed the system, they split a section of it to India. Therefore, India is equivalent to a link in the production line, a large number of single repetitive tasks every day, and does not involve the core technology of the software.
In other words, India’s IT industry lacks independent innovation. To a large extent, it is the Indian programmers who do what European and American companies ask Indian programmers to do. So, after so many years, we don't know any well-known local apps in India.
Even if Chinese apps are aside, Indians mainly use apps from Europe and the United States, and there are few outstanding local apps.
replied that this is actually a very embarrassing thing. If India’s apps are done well enough, no matter whether it is a Chinese app or a European or American app, it is unlikely to develop in India.
For a long time, India has been a very nationalist country. They like to boycott foreign products and support local products. However, in IT, Indians really have no choice.
"The Times of India" report
From this perspective, India should actively learn from Europe, America and China, make great efforts to develop the core technology of the IT industry, and listen to users’ opinions and suggestions to improve Product quality of local APP. Only when our own quality is improved can we truly "ban" Chinese apps.
Today’s topic: What do you think India should do? Your messages and comments are welcome.
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