This Week in Apps: Parler deplatformed, alt apps rise, looking back at 2020 trends

This Week in Apps: Parler deplatformed, alt apps rise, looking back at 2020 trends

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https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/16/this-week-in-apps-parler-deplatformed-alt-apps-rise-looking-back-at-2020-trends/

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.

The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020.