Fearing that a new privacy policy would be introduced on WhatsApp, many people started using signal and telegram apps as a second alternative. With this, there are indications that WhatsApp has relaxed the new privacy policy in countries including India.
WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, has come out with some thought-provoking figures.
The number of WhatsApp downloads has dropped. Signal and Telegram survived the public outcry against WhatsApp that began in January. The signal against WhatsApp was also widely campaigned for. Signal's ads were subsequently banned by Facebook.
Censorr Tower, a mobile app analytics company, reported a huge increase in signal and telegram installations in January. Opponents of the move came after it was officially announced that the data of WhatsApp users would also be transferred to Facebook.
Signal installations in January rose 5,001 percent to 50.6 million. It had 992,000 installations during the same period last year. However, after the increase in January, the average installation continued, although the number of installations of the signal decreased each month.
Censor Tower estimates that the signal received 2.8 million downloads globally in April. This is double the 1.3 million downloads reported in April 2020.
Similar to the signal, telegram downloads increased by 283% from 16.6 million to 63.5 million. However, Telegram's downloads in April fell 3 percent to 26.2 million. It was 27 million during the same period last year.
