I'm hearing that China might impose secondary sanctions on Reliance Jio in retaliation - no Chinese manufacturer can sell them phones or help buildout/maintain their NW infrastructure; tech companies that operate in China would have to divest out of China entirely to do business with Jio, etc.
India bans PUBG, Baidu and more than 100 apps linked to China
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#12This Chinese/India Cold War has been interesting to follow
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Xiaomi / Oneplus are ~50% of the cost of Samsung/Google/Apple phones
Are they? That hasn't been my experience in Canada but maybe pricing is different in India? Could you point to some specific cheap phones by those companies so I could see if I can find comparable phones by non-Chinese companies?
extra tariffs on iPhones.
Look here: https://www.mi.com/in/
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#14Where is the Indian opposition on this? Are they fully behind Modi's nationalism?
There is a raging pandemic. Massive recession. Potential war with China. Internet bans. Crackdown in Kashmir.
There has to be some questions?
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#15Like all other internet bans in India I doubt this one will have any teeth. Everyone has a "Free" VPN app that they use to bypass these restrictions. Most people own Android phones where they can sideload apps downloaded from some third party APK website (of questionable trustworthiness) iPhones have negligible penetration in India so are not even a part of the equation.
It seems reasonable to me that most people would not go to such lengths as sideloading apps or employing a VPN to route around these issues.
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#16per https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/pubg-mobile-india-se...
PUBG has an installed base of 50 million in india (atleast), would love to see which other alternatives they jump to .. COD or free fire
VPN for a game is intolerable in my experience..
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#17per https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/pubg-mobile-india-se... PUBG has an installed base of 50 million in india (atleast), would love to see which other alternatives they jump to .. COD or free fire VPN for a game is intolerable in my experience..
Tencent has a stake in Activision-blizzard so they may ban CoD later
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#18What if they ban like xiaomi or one plus. Those are like the most popular phones in India.
Xiaomi now makes their phones in India.
Re: India bans PUBG, Baidu and more than 100 apps linked to China
#19Like all other internet bans in India I doubt this one will have any teeth. Everyone has a "Free" VPN app that they use to bypass these restrictions. Most people own Android phones where they can sideload apps downloaded from some third party APK website (of questionable trustworthiness) iPhones have negligible penetration in India so are not even a part of the equation.
You can say the same about Facebook and Google in China...You can sideload or use VPN. Some do. Most don't. Blocking FB & Google ecosystems allowed for China to grow their own competitors.
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#20Where is the Indian opposition on this? Are they fully behind Modi's nationalism? There is a raging pandemic. Massive recession. Potential war with China. Internet bans. Crackdown in Kashmir. There has to be some questions?
Perhaps, if you feel strongly you could express your own opposition rather than make very vague statements alluding to...I have no idea, to be honest.