Through the Change.org online petition website, more than 1.2 million users of Snapchat are busy expressing their protests against the Snapchat app update.
The latest Snapchat update makes it harder for users to see their friends' content.
As a result, many Snapchat users are using VPNs to use the old version of Snapchat.
"There is a widespread level of annoyance among users and many have decided to use VPN apps, or use applications or other risky steps to get back to the old Snapchat because this update is very annoying," writes Nic Rumsey who started the petition.
He added, the latest features that are present in the update Snapchat not useful.
On the cover of his petition, Rumsey wants to convince Snapchat to change back his app like before the latest update.
Snapchat Founder Staying Relaxed
Snapchat founder and CEO Evan Spiegel did not bother at the mass protests facing Snapchat.
At an internet and technology conference hosted by Goldman Sachs, Spiegel responded positively to protests among users as a sign of a desired change.
"Technology is important, but I think the harder part to avoid is the time it takes to learn it,
"The time to learn is a difficult problem to solve, even the complaints we see reinforce that philosophy, even the frustrations we see validate those changes," Spiegel added.
He also believes the user will immediately adjust to the Snapchat changes, "It will take time until people adjust, but for myself using it for several months makes me feel more interested in the service," he said.
Snapchat Continues to Compete with Instagram
Reported by Mashable, daily active users Snapchat rose to 187 million in the fourth quarter of 2017 from 178 million three months earlier. This result is higher than the average analyst expectations of 184.2 million users.
Daily active users of Snapchat rose 18 percent from a year earlier. This growth is considered an investor can be utilized to generate revenue from advertising.
Reuters in his report said that the achievement is also considered to "revive" the expectation Snapchat can compete with Instagram.
In addition, it can also evoke the enthusiasm of investors who had faded after Snap (parent company Snapchat) floor on the stock last year.
Snap revenue is known to rise 72 percent to US $ 285.7 million, exceeding analyst expectations of $ 253.2 million. This growth occurs thanks to the large number of companies that advertise on Snapchat.
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