Chinese app stores had 2.78M total apps by October, down from 4.52M at the end of 2018, a 38.5% drop amid the government's new data laws and clean-up

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Jane Zhang / South China Morning Post:
Chinese app stores had 2.78M total apps by October, down from 4.52M at the end of 2018, a 38.5% drop amid the government's new data laws and clean-up campaigns — Chinese app stores had just 2.78 million apps in October, down from 4.52 million in December 2018 The biggest declines came this year …