India just forced Apple to yank Jack Dorsey's BitChat from the App Store. Not the first rodeo.
July 2026: Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre already made GitHub (Microsoft) kill the app during Cockroach Janta Party protests over exam leak drama.
China banned BitChat too. Same excuse: "illegal content."
Pattern is clear. Censorship-resistant comms apps getting nuked by govs who can't control the narrative. If you're building in crypto/privacy tech, you're a target.
This is why decentralized infra matters. App stores are choke points. Jurisdictions are weapons.
Watch how this plays out for other Web3 comms protocols.
July 2026: Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre already made GitHub (Microsoft) kill the app during Cockroach Janta Party protests over exam leak drama.
China banned BitChat too. Same excuse: "illegal content."
Pattern is clear. Censorship-resistant comms apps getting nuked by govs who can't control the narrative. If you're building in crypto/privacy tech, you're a target.
This is why decentralized infra matters. App stores are choke points. Jurisdictions are weapons.
Watch how this plays out for other Web3 comms protocols.