WhatsApp CEO anxious about India's rush for homegrown apps like Koo
WhatsApp CEO anxious about India's rush for homegrown apps like Koo: WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart expressed his worry about the Indian government's push for homegrown apps like Koo because it could force a ‘splinternet', a characterization where instead of having a global internet, countries have their own regulations. "We already have a splinternet with Mainland China and the rest of the world," Cathcart said on the Big Technology Podcast last week adding that "people benefit a lot from products that work globally." Koo is claimed to be India's answer to Twitter for non-English users. It has picked a lot of steam in the country in the wake of the Narendra Modi government's ongoing war with the US-based micro-blogging platform. Many big-ticket politicians and celebrities have joined Koo in the wake of the 'standoff' giving it a major shot in the arm, something that saw it cross over 40 lakh users within no time. Koo aims to draw ...