[deanhills]

So even if the service is available internationally, but made by a chinese developer it could get banned?. I mean to ban apps and cause inconvenience to users just because of a war is crazy. i mean Android users could download apks, but for iOS users, they are can't easily sideload apps so they can't use some of them. but can they access services

@noahthewindowsguy The war may have been a factor, but in essence the banning of the apps has more to do with protecting users against the aggressive and unscrupulous mining of data by China through the apps. The apps have been used to gather information about the individuals including soldiers using the apps. This is not the first time it has happened either and isn't restricted to India. The big drama about Huawei in the US is along the same lines.

This is the reason that the apps got banned:

The Indian government said in its statement that, "the compilation of these data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures".


This isn't the first time Chinese apps have been banned in India. In 2017, Alibaba's UC Browser came under scrutiny for allegedly leaking mobile data of Indian users. And that year, India's defence ministry asked all armed personnel and officers to uninstall 42 Chinese apps it classified as "spyware", according to media reports.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53232486