App-ology: 10 apps masquerading as genuine alternatives to crowd-favourite apps
The idea of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ has caused a spike in the number of made-in-India apps that are nothing but a copy of the originals, which have either been developed or are based overseas.
Feb 16, 2021 09:53:20 IST
Why innovate when you can duplicate? Several made-in-India apps are nothing but a copy of apps that have been a hit with the masses. Image: Tech2
For the last few days, India has been waking up to ‘Koo, koo’. Except, these aren’t melodious calls of an adorable koel, but rumblings of a new, made-in-India social platform that is being billed as a true-blue rival to microblogging giant Twitter. From news of prominent government figures and departments joining and actively pushing Twitter users to switch to Koo, to cyber expert Elliot Alderson pointing out how the platform left users’ data out in the open, Koo certainly has the kind of attention its founders would have only dreamt of.