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MITRON APP
- Mitron short video-sharing app has gathered some good userbase and fame since the TikTok controversy in India. The app, which is developed by IIT Roorkee student Shivank Agarwal, has around 5 million downloads on the Google Play Store in just a month.
- However, amidst everything that seems right and ready to take on TikTok, there is something that could be fishy.
PAKISTANI APP?
- According to a report by News18, the Mitron app was developed in Pakistan and sold for a mere amount of Rs. 2,500 ($34) on CodeCanyon.
- The app’s source code, UI, and features are allegedly made by Pakistani software developer company Qboxus and rebranded in India as Mitron.
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- Irfan Sheikh, founder and chief executive of Qboxus, told News18, “We expect our customers to use our code and build something on their own. But Mitron’s developer has taken our exact product, changed the logo and uploaded it on their store. There is no problem with what the developer has done. He paid for the script and used it, which is okay. But, the problem is with people referring to it as an Indianmade app, which is not true especially because they have not made any changes.”
RESPONSE
- In an email response to News18’s queries, ShopKiller e-Commerce, which is the promoter behind the Mitron app, said, “We want to work in stealth mode, and didn’t want people to know us by our name. I found (the article) a little disappointing. I would have liked you to appreciate the fact that we are working hard on the app, and the reason for developing the app was just to give a ‘Make In India’ alternative to people.”
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