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Ever since Facebook-owned WhatsApp released a privacy update to its users a month ago, the move has drawn the ire of many users across the world, including India.
On the back of growing concerns about WhatsApp’s privacy policy, rival messaging apps such as Telegram and Signal saw an uptick in the number of downloads on both Apple and Google’s app stores.
Closer home, India’s very own Made in India instant messaging app — a new B2C app by Zoho called Arratai, meaning chit-chat in Tamil — has picked up significant buzz, crossing 50,000 downloads on Google Play Store even before its formal launch.
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On Jan 10, Zoho Founder Sridhar Vembu had tweeted that his team is working on a Made in India instant messaging app.
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