Reuter Article: Google takes down Indian app that removed Chinese ones -

[FlappyBat]

Google takes down Indian app that removed Chinese ones: spokesman

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-china-google/google-takes-down-indian-app-that-removed-chinese-ones-spokesman-idUSKBN23A0QU

https://archive.md/DU8NL

Article excerpt below:

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s Google has taken down an Indian mobile application from its app store that allowed users to remove other Chinese apps from their phones as it violated certain company policies, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

The app, “Remove China Apps”, had become top trending free app on Google’s mobile app store in India with more than five million downloads since late May. Its popularity rose amid calls for a boycott of Chinese mobile apps in India during a Himalayan border dispute between the two nations.

A Google spokesman confirmed to Reuters the app had been removed due to violation of app store policies, but gave no further details.

A person familiar with the matter said the software violated Google’s policies prohibiting apps that mislead users into removing or disabling third-party apps or modifying device settings or features.

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If Xi isn't happy, Google isn't happy.

 

[Tootsie Bear]

By now the curtain has been removed and China is the one behind it. 2020 is still young and I wouldn't be surprised Trump announced China has been behind a lot more that could possibly bring us closer to war with China because once the general public realizes China has been backstabbing us and our allies they'll want revenge.

 

[SiccDicc]

A person familiar with the matter said the software violated Google’s policies prohibiting apps that mislead users into removing or disabling third-party apps or modifying device settings or features.

Because God forbid we be able to control everything on our phones.

 

[BoingBoingBoi]

but the app store doesn't even work in china. they made their own app store to ship with huawei phones (and maybe xiaomi as well?) last year or something. why in the fuck can the ccp bully companies that don't even have stakes in their market.

 

[Lone MacReady]

"Hey Google, what is that Communist-approved search engine you were making for Xi again?"

 

[Y2K Baby]

I support our curry brothers.

 

[SSF2T Old User]

lol jokes on them, someone was kind/quick enough to upload it on Aptoid. Not sure if it's the same one though, the icon looks a bit different from the pic in the article, but i tested it and it seems to run fine, didn't find any chinese apps on my phone

 

[Questionable Ceviche]

There's some reports going on right now that Google is censoring voice typing for the phrase "Falun Gong", a religious movement banned by the CCP. There was that flap last month where they were caught censoring anti-CCP comments on YouTube, which they claimed was "an error". Yeah, sure, totally an error guys. Absolutely believe you on that one.

Get fucked, Google.

 

[HIVidaBoheme]

TL;DR: Google censoring poo in the loo so Pooh doesn't get upset.

 

[Kosher Dill]

lol jokes on them, someone was kind/quick enough to upload it on Aptoid. Not sure if it's the same one though, the icon looks a bit different from the pic in the article, but i tested it and it seems to run fine, didn't find any chinese apps on my phone

That's not the real app, there doesn't seem to be anything in it at all except advertising libraries. The real one seems to be at:
https://ctri.org.in/onetouch-applabs-remove-china-apps/ (http://archive.md/SHNO3)
Obligatory warning for Hindu Content.

If you pull out the SQLite database from the real app, you can see that it has a list of 129 "China apps" in it.

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app.buzz.share.lite	Helo Lite
com.lenovo.anyshare.gps	SHAREit
shareit.lite	SHAREit Lite
com.ushareit.watchit	WATCHit
com.zhiliaoapp.musically	TikTok
com.zhiliao.musically.livewallpaper	TikTok Wall Picture
com.ss.android.ugc.trill.go	TikTok Lite
com.kwai.video	Kwai
com.UCMobile.intl	UCBrowser
com.uc.browser.en	UCBrowser Mini
com.ucturbo	UC Browser Turbo
com.CricChat.intl	UC Cricket
com.live.royal	LiveMe
sg.bigo.live	Bigo Live
com.ss.android.ugc.boom	Vigo Video
com.ss.android.ugc.boom.livewallpaper	Vigo Video Live Photo
com.magicv.airbrush	AirBrush: Easy Photo Editor
com.commsource.beautyplus	BeautyPlus
com.meitu.makeup	MakeupPlus
com.mt.mtxx.mtxx	Meitu
com.meitu.meiyancamera	BeautyCam
com.meitu.oxygen	O2Cam
com.meitu.airvid	AirVid Video Filters & Frames
com.meitu.beautyplusme	PlusMe Camera
com.meitu.meipaimv	Meipai
com.beautyplus.pomelo.filters.photo	Pomelo
com.meitu.wheecam	SelfieCity
com.meitu.airbrush.vivo	AirBrush 2Go
com.meitu.boxxcam	BOXxCAM
cn.xender	Xender
com.intsig.camscanner	Cam Scanner
com.intsig.BCRLite	CamCard Free
com.tencent.ludosuperstar	Ludo World
com.ngame.allstar.eu	Arena of Valor
com.tencent.godgame	Chess Rush
com.hcg.cok.gp	Clash of Kings
com.hcg.ctw.gp	Clash of Kings:The West
com.elex.coq.gp	Clash of Queens
com.zw.zombieworld.gp	Zombie World SLG 3D
com.hcg.tos.gp	Heroes War
com.mobile.legends	Mobile Legends
club.fromfactory	ClubFactory
com.zzkko	Shein
com.romwe	Romwe
com.domobile.applockwatcher	AppLock
com.uc.vmate	VMate
com.dc.hwsj	Game of Sultans
com.yottagames.mafiawar	Mafia City
com.tencent.mm	Wechat
com.tencent.mobileqq	QQ
com.baidu.searchbox	Baidu
com.security.antivirus.sefeanti	360 Mobile Guard
com.taobao.taobao	Taobao
com.sina.weibo	Sina Weibo
com.weico.international	Weibo
com.uc.iflow	UC News
com.newsdog	NewsDog
com.quvideo.vivavideo.lite	VivaVideo- QU Video Inc
com.lbe.parallel.intl	Parallel Space
com.apusapps.browser	APUS Browser
com.cyberlink.youperfect	Perfect Corp
com.HIsecurity.antivirus.litepro	Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab)
com.cm.browser.downloader.adblock	CM Browser
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com.netqin.ps	Vault-Hide
com.cyberlink.youcammakeup	YouCam Makeup
com.mi.global.shop	Mi Store
com.limsky.ramcleaner	DU Battery Saver
com.DU.Cleaner.antivirus.cleanphone	DU Cleaner
com.baidu.BaiduMap	Baidu Map
com.yubitu.android.YubiCollage	Photo Wonder
com.tencent.qqmusic	QQ Music
com.tencent.androidqqmail	QQ Mail
com.etekcity.vesyncplatform	WeSync
com.netease.mail	Mail Master
com.miui.videoplayer	Mi Video call-Xiaomi
com.pleco.chinesesystem	Pleco
com.xinlukou.metroman	China Metro
com.snowwhiteapps.downloader	All video downloader
com.ss.android.ugc.boomlite	Vigo Lite
com.youdao.hindict	Udictionary
com.videochat.livu	Livu
com.asiainno.uplive	Uplive
com.funplus.kingofavalon	Kings of Avalon
com.diandian.gog	Guns of glory
com.igg.castleclash	Castle Cash
com.nono.android	NonoLive
com.dating.android	Dating.com
com.qidian.Int.reader	Web Novel
sg.bigo.hellotalk	Hello Yo
com.gtarcade.lod	Lagecy of discord
com.longtech.lastwars.gp	Last empire
com.lilithgame.sgame.gp.oss	Art of conquest
com.flashkeyboardtheme	Flash Keyboard
free.vpn.unblock.proxy.turbovpn	Turbo VPN
com.quvideo.xiaoying	viva Video
com.jetstartgames.chess	Cheez
com.alibaba.intl.android.apps.poseidon	Alibaba.com
com.zhiliaoapp.musically.go	TikTok Lite
com.domobile.applock.lite	AppLock lite
com.alibaba.aliexpresshd	AliExpress
com.alibaba.aliexpress.itao	iTao
com.tool.fileexplorer.filemanager.filetransfer	ES File Manager
com.file.manager.filebrowser	File Explorer File Manager
com.musicplayer.musica.musicapps.playermusic	Music Player
com.mipay.in.wallet	mi pay
com.duokan.phone.remotecontroller	mi remote control
com.banggood.client	banggood
com.micredit.in.gp	Mi Credit
cn.wps.moffice_eng	WPS Office
cn.wps.moffice_i18n	WPS Office Lite
cn.wps.pdf	WPS PDF
cn.wps.moffice_extra	WPS Office Extra
cn.wps.moffice_premium	WPS Premium Subscription
cn.wps.pdf.fillsign	WPS PDF Fill
om.dewmobile.kuaiya.play	Zapya - File Transfer, Sharing Music Playlist
com.dewmobile.kuaiya.web	Zapya WebShare - File Sharing in Web Browser
com.dewmobile.zapyago	Zapya Go - From File Transfer to Private Social
com.dewmobile.kuaiya.recorder	RecorderZ - Screen Recorder by Zapya
com.dewmobile.kuaiya.paintpad.play	Zapya Doodle
com.dewmobile.kuaiya.game.airhockey.play	Zapya Air Hockey
com.dewmobile.kuaiya.zproj.screenlockz	ScreenLockZ by Zapya
com.dewmobile.game	Zapya MiniGame
com.dewmobile.kuaibao.gp	MyDearest
com.dewmobile.kuaiya.zproj.applockz	AppLockZ by Zapya
com.dewmobile.kuaiya.filez	FileZ - Easy File Manager
com.alibaba.android.rimet	DingTalk
com.alibaba.dingtalk.global	DingTalk Lite

 

[Pissmaster]

Well, shit. I have Camscanner and ES File Manager. Time to nuke those.

Also it's hilarious how so many random games that you see in shitty ads are on that list. Mafia City's behind that short-lived "Level 1 thug / Level 100 boss" meme from last year.