'Mitron' may not be a real friend, gets taken down from Play Store

Mitron probably would have continued with the free-run for quite some time, had it not come to light that the source code of the app was actually developed by a Pakistani developer

Several attempts have been made in the past to bring in the patriotic or swadeshi angle to sell products, solutions or services in India, but few have seen the kind of success that the little-over-a-month-old short video app, ‘Mitron’ saw, before it was finally taken down from the Google Play Store on Tuesday. 

With over 5 million downloads since its launch in April, the developers or owners of the app managed to leverage two things quite clearly – naming the app ‘Mitron’, a term made popular by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is perceived as a champion of nationalism, and