The Facebook-owned platform had introduced its new privacy policy with a deadline of February 8 for users to accept the new terms but was forced to delay its implementation after a huge backlash over privacy concerns. With over 450 million daily active users or MAU, India is one of the largest markets for WhatsApp. However, Signal has started losing momentum and it appears that users are unwilling to migrate from WhatsApp to other platforms permanently. The downloads trends since the pushback around WhatsApp’s privacy policy, which has now been delayed till May 2021, shows that Signal and Telegram have been able to grab the opportunity by claiming the rebound attention. In terms of total downloads between January 6 and January 29, Signal registered 60 million downloads followed by Telegram and WhatsApp with 43 million and 32 million installs respectively.
India was the largest contributor for all three apps in terms of the number of downloads. On Friday, Reuters reported that Musk wants to cut 10 of salaried jobs at the automaker and. But the end of remote work at Tesla may have been the start of another effort: to begin cutting staff. With WhatsApp’s daily downloads now back to normal with 7.4 million downloads, Signal recorded only 3 million downloads during the period. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc., ended remote work earlier this week and then pulled remote and hybrid jobs from its career site. According to Sensor Tower data, Telegram got a lead over WhatsApp and Signal between January 25 and January 29 with 7.8 million app installs. The Musk effect rocketed Signal’s downloads and helped it maintain its lead over its two competitors between January 6 to January 29 but the US-based messaging platform recorded a steep fall in the number of downloads in the last 4-5 days. During the same period, Telegram and WhatsApp were at the second and third spot with 9.3 million and 7.4 million installs, globally. Signal was downloaded around 15.5 million times during the period in which India contributed the highest with 9 million installs. While Telegram had managed a decent presence in the Indian market, according to Sensor tower data, Signal started getting more downloads than WhatsApp and Telegram in the country between January 6 and January 10, thanks to a tweet endorsement by Tesla founder Elon Musk on January 7. Ever since WhatsApp introduced its new privacy policy on January 6, users across the world have been furious and exploring other messaging platforms such as Signal and Telegram. Permission to use portions of this article is granted provided appropriate credits are given to and other relevant sources.The euphoria around moving to WhatsApp’s alternative seems to have settled down. Musk’s lawyer claimed that Twitter failed to comply with its obligations in the merger agreement and was “in material breach of multiple provisions” of the agreement signed in April.įollow us on Twitter at 2022 SIGNAL. Musk terminated the deal in July, blaming the company for withholding information on its number of spam and fake accounts.
Later in May, he said the deal was temporarily on hold as he asked for details on the number of the social platform’s spam and fake accounts. In April, Musk announced the 44 billion-dollar acquisition of Twitter. In a statement, Twitter said it received the letter and intends to close the transaction at the original share price offered by Musk’s team.
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In a letter sent to Twitter, Musk offered to continue the deal if the court can adjourn the trial and all other related proceedings. The offer came ahead of a trial scheduled at the Delaware Chancery Court on October 17, in which Twitter is set to seek an order directing Musk to close the deal for 44 billion dollars. dollars, according to a financial filing. Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has proposed to proceed with a deal to buy Twitter at the original price of 44 billion U.S.
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