The company has also responded to Pompliano’s other claim in his lawsuit filed at a US court in January that Snapchat showed inflated user data and was “misinformed about key metrics.”
“Snap did not give investors misstated user metrics back in 2015; nor did Snap employees commit any of the panoply of alleged bad acts that litter Pompliano’s complaint. Snap will demonstrate as much at the appropriate time in the appropriate forum,” the spokesperson further added.
Earlier, Pompliano told Variety that in one of his meetings with Evan Spiegel he pointed out that the company needed to tap into other markets and needed to perform to its full potential. Pompliano claims that he was interrupted by Spiegel who went on to comment, “This app is only for rich people. I don’t want to expand into poor countries like India and Spain.”
Snapchat may not be as big as Facebook or WhatsApp in India, but is quite popular. According to several media reports, Snapchat’s user base in India is around 4 million. Currently, Snapchat is under immense pressure to improvise as its several iconic features are being ripped off by social networking giant, Facebook. Already, Instagram Stories has hit 200 million users, surpassing Snapchat’s.
People have started a campaign on Twitter to encourage everyone to uninstall the Snapchat application. Some are even claiming to have given poor ratings to the application on the app store.
A quick glance at the reviews section of these app stores will show a bunch of comments outraging against Spiegel’s comments. At the time of publishing this story, Snapchat’s rating on Google Play store is 4 whereas on iOS it has just one star from 6099 ratings for the current version. Here are some of the reactions on Twitter.
Dear “Rich” @Snapchat, Good Bye from my “Poor” mobile. I love my country more than this app. #boycottsnapchat pic.twitter.com/EkpemO9ez3
— Humanity (@ThisOnlyForMe)
#Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel Calls India Poor. Teach Him A Lesson:
1.Uninstall
2.Rate It 1 Star On Google Play.
3.RT & Spread#BoycottSnapchat pic.twitter.com/tfHvDqXnML
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja)
At least 1,53,804 one stars in the matter of 24 hours…. #boycottsnapchat pic.twitter.com/4UZYhb4O77
— Juliet (@twiish_)
Dear @Snapchat CEO , WE MAY BE POOR IN MEJORITY, but EDUCATED 💪 #boycottsnapchat #uninstallsnapchat #Rate1Star .. Let’s go ..
Jai Hind 💪💪💪 pic.twitter.com/Kxx9CR8bLR
— Prabhas Fan (@ThePrabhasFan)
Snapchat’s rating has dropped to ⭐️ from ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on the app store.
These are some of the reviews.#BoycottSnapchat is actually working 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/cx5wj1oezb
— Sreejit (@ThisHungryPanda)
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