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Google has competitors in the search space so it's understandable why they're afraid of calling bluffs. And from what I understand Youtube isn't profitable by itself.
Why do you think it’s unprofitable? Last estimate I looked at showed YouTube as being wildly profitable.
Why is that fuck still in power? It has been 9 years. We do not need another Putin or Xi.
Well, he was not found guilty of any of the accusations by the Supreme Court of India. As an Indian that is more than enough proof. Also Modi cannot be compared to Putin or Xi.
The Indian people want the government to have total control over the internet. You feel that's horrible? Sure, that's your right. But the moral universalism of the anglophone cultural sphere has long alienated a majority of Indians exposed to it, that at this point their opinions do not get any goodwill from Indians. Progressive media has published enough news that run absolutely opposite to the lived experience of a…
An illiberal democracy can't be a true democracy. If power can control what news and data you get, showing only positive ones, you won't really be able to judge their administration skills. If so, elections will be unjust and unfair. Countries like India and Turkey can't be really considered as true democracies at the moment, people have no more power over their governments.
There has been no evidence of BJP rigging National or state elections until now. In fact parties like TMC which progressive media often hail for opposing BJP have been found to indulge in electoral violence and rigging [1]. These parties run unhindered in what english media essentially calls the Nazi regime of Modi.
Where is the evidence for BJP winning due to suppressing political parties? A political party or politician who you don't like being elected (in free and fair elections) does not qualify.
[1] https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/tmc-accused...
EDIT: sidenote: Electoral violence seems to mainly be an issue in West Bengal. Other states have a lot of issues but the scale of gratuitous bloodshed that follows elections is a unique characteristic of the state. That no Indian government past or current has tackled this issue, only speaks for the inability of the Indian state to effectively project hard power.
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Why do you think it’s unprofitable? Last estimate I looked at showed YouTube as being wildly profitable.
Can you link to the estimate?
I don’t have specific estimates I can link to, but I’ve seen statements like this fairly regularly: There are more questions around YouTube’s profitability, but he said the general view was that it was “modestly profitable but not dramatically so.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/technology/youtube-financ...
Of course when Google actually disclosed what percentage of their revenue came from YouTube it was well below the 20% suggested in that piece.
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That documentary is based on fake news and intended to destabilize India's social harmony. The arguments it makes have been rejected by the supreme court of India.
There are arguably untrue things said about US political leaders all of the time and in general this is allowed and should be allowed.
Why is that fuck still in power? It has been 9 years. We do not need another Putin or Xi.
Wildly popular, too. I'd love to hear somebody from India explain it: my guess is that religious politics and political religion have been India's problem from before the partition, and it's a fissure that Congress typically tried to ignore, while, rather awkwardly, it's been sticking its elephantine trunk in everybody's drinks while taking up eight tenths of the room. Modi drives straight at the problem, takes a pos…
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We have investigated ourselves and found that we did nothing wrong.
Are you saying Supreme court of India is in bed with Modi? That is a very strong accusation. Modi didn't investigate himself and give himself a clean chit. He was been scrutinised by Supreme Court of India multiple times. And we have much better functioning courts. Many BJP party members who has been found guilty of various things have been punished by Courts. This BBC propaganda piece has been made now only because…
What do you mean?
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An illiberal democracy can't be a true democracy. If power can control what news and data you get, showing only positive ones, you won't really be able to judge their administration skills. If so, elections will be unjust and unfair. Countries like India and Turkey can't be really considered as true democracies at the moment, people have no more power over their governments.
Unlike the two-party democracy of US, India has a multitude of political parties holding power at the state level. Many of these parties (AAP, TMC, DMK, etc) whip BJP's arse in state elections. There are talks of a third party AAP gaining enough support to contest at a National level in the future. There has been no evidence of BJP rigging National or state elections until now. In fact parties like TMC which progress…
This is basically the state in Russia. I would not call Russia a democracy therefore your argument does not convince me India is one either.
The parent is correct. Control over media, and jailing witness who implicates top government employees is exactly what happened in Russia just before the invasion.
The documentary produced by the BBC "The Modi Question", was uploaded onto YouTube several times the week of release but taken down by request of the Indian Government. I was astonished a foreign entity can stop the world watching something if they don't like it, it wasn't just geo blocked it was removed off YouTube.