Tug of war between different messaging platforms as WhatsApp comes up with a controversial privacy policy and Signal, Telegram and other apps are trying to be giant magnets to attract more users to increase numbers.
A surge has been recorded in downloads of different cross-platform messaging apps and Signal is not behind in the race as it received a pat from Tech-giant Elon Musk.
On its official Twitter account, Signal compared the number of downloads that jumped from 10 million to 50 million with a celerity that probably the new privacy policy by WhatsApp provided it.
As WhatsApp comes up with a controversial policy, there has been an increase in the users of Signal and Telegram and they are not shy of sharing it.
How it started vs how it’s going 😅 pic.twitter.com/ERiFpZUz6c
— Signal (@signalapp) January 14, 2021
Amid privacy woes, other cross-platform messaging apps like Telegram are in the race too.
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Telegram surpassed 500 million active users on January 12.
Telegram surpassed 500 million active users. 25 million new users joined in the last 72 hours: 38% came from Asia, 27% from Europe, 21% from Latin America and 8% from MENA. https://t.co/1LptHZb9PQ
— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) January 12, 2021
The concerned users from all over the world are hitting the download buttons of Telegram and Signal which they have previously ignored with WhatsApp in the bag.
It’s @signalapp all the way for me pic.twitter.com/ciimnYjtHD
— KT Tunstall (@KTTunstall) January 12, 2021
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