Every couple of years, a “Made In India” social media platform or a trendy new app takes centre stage and grabs the limelight. Downloads surge overnight, charts are topped, and headlines proclaim the arrival of a homegrown alternative to global tech giants.
From Moj during the post- class=”c-link” href=”https://inc42.com/buzz/india-to-ban-54-more-apps-linked-to-tencent-other-chinese-tech-cos/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-stringify-link=”https://inc42.com/buzz/india-to-ban-54-more-apps-linked-to-tencent-other-chinese-tech-cos/” data-sk=”tooltip_parent”>Chinese app ban frenzy to class=”c-link” href=”https://inc42.com/features/how-tiger-global-backed-koo-lost-its-mojo-shut-shop-after-raising-50-mn/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-stringify-link=”https://inc42.com/features/how-tiger-global-backed-koo-lost-its-mojo-shut-shop-after-raising-50-mn/” data-sk=”tooltip_parent”>Koo in the “Twitter versus India” standoff, and from class=”c-link” href=”https://inc42.com/buzz/reliances-jiomeet-ridiculed-at-launch-for-copy-pasting-zoom/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-stringify-link=”https://inc42.com/buzz/reliances-jiomeet-ridiculed-at-launch-for-copy-pasting-zoom/” data-sk=”tooltip_parent”>Jio trying its hand at building a Zoom clone with JioMeet to Zoho-backed Arattai this week, multiple apps have ridden this digital ‘swadeshi’ sentiment.
Yet once the…

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