Alternatives

Since we all know that the Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps and many of these apps were heavily used by us all. Apps such as TikTok, SHAREit, UC Browser, SHEIN etc. were some of the apps which were banned.

(To get a full list of 59 Apps banned in India;

click https://www.swadeshichoice.com/post/chinese-apps-be-banned)

It was high time to start using Indian apps and products so this blog will help you get some idea about he alternatives of these apps.

1. Alternatives of Shein:

Ewa young, Mantra, Lulu and Sky, Make Me Chic, Koovs, Ajio, Limeroad, Nykaa, H&M, Urbanic, Street style store, Faballey etc.

2. Alternatives of TikTok:

Chingari, Dubsmash, Instragram reels, Triller etc.

3. Alternatives of UC Browser and DU Browser:

Duck Duck Go Privacy Browser, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave Browser, Jio Browser etc.

4. Alternatives of Shareit:

Share ALL, Smart Share, JIOSwitch, SFT, Files Go, Z Share – Desi File Sharing App, Send Anywhere, Zapya, Easy Join, MX Player, Files by Google etc.

5. Alternatives of Clean Master – Cheetah:

CCleaner, Norton Clean, SWEET DREAMS Maid, SD Maid, Files by Google etc.

6. Alternatives of Helo:

Share Chat etc.

7. Alternative of CamScanner:

Adobe Scan etc.

8. Alternative of WeChat:

WhatsApp etc.

The step to ban Chinese applications was taken by the Indian government to save the data of crores of Indian mobile users. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN )had received complaints from various sources including several reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorised manner to servers which have locations outside India as well as threats like Phishing and Hacking.

IT Ministry’s press release noted that the Home Ministry’s Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre sent a recommendation for blocking these malicious apps.

The main reason for banning of Chinese apps is that the users of these apps showed raging concern about their personal details getting shared without their consent along with loss of data and other security concerns.

In short these applications posed threat to the country's sovereignty and security thus the Chinese apps were red flagged and banned.

The citizens of India were avid users of many of these apps but showed tremendous support with this decision of the government.

SWADESHI APNAO, VIDESHI BHULAO