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Re: Indian government blocks access to forty-three mobile apps

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Post by antepodius »

Quarrelsome wrote: post #18
vvwvvwvvw wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd actually prefer China to keep its population's intel from the west, even if it means getting backlashes like this.

I think the closer we allow our peoples to be, the less likely it is that we will ever fight. IMO the great firewall of China is a stumbling block in the path to world peace.

1930s Germany didn't hate the japanese, despite them being very different from them (appearance, culture). Instead, they hated the German/european jews, who were basically visually indistinguishable.

Re: Indian government blocks access to forty-three mobile apps

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Post by t_minus_3 »

thatguy0900 wrote: post #4

I wonder how long it will be until every country just has its own segregated internet. Will it happen on its own for economic reasons or will it take a real war that involves massive hacking attacks from both sides?

It all started with great firewall of china, didn't it ? The segregation of internet for political purposes has been there for number of years. (aka. china blocks FB,Google and wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_ma... ). rest of the world is catching up to their playbook

Re: Indian government blocks access to forty-three mobile apps

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Post by damnencryption »

Ali express? C'mon.

If I could find my electronics elsewhere and for a reasonable price, I would choose that but I can't. Government butchered the manufacturing industry, imposed ridiculous taxes (even increased them during the pandemic), custom duties and all sort of red tape which makes education for young generation harder. How can individuals work on the next generation robots, electronics, whatever if you can't even get decent micro controllers and brushless motors in india?

And it's not like big indian companies aren't selling data back to china. Majority of unicorns in india are taking investment from China. Paytm is china funded. Why don't they ban any investment from China?

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Post by villgax »

How exactly does a movers-n-packers/goods shipping company become prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India let alone not be in the best interest of the citizens? Like did they conduct a poll to ban Lalamove?

Real baller move would be to ban anything with a China built SoC, if at all hatred for China is a reason to begin with.

Re: Indian government blocks access to forty-three mobile apps

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Post by RegnisGnaw »

antepodius wrote: post #27
RegnisGnaw wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? Its in the government's interest to promote MII (Made In India) rather then some foreign FOSS app.

Is it? If everyone in a country used FOSS apps rather than paying (in money, data, or letting ads into their heads) for proprietary ones, wouldn't that country's people be better off? And nobody's saying there can't be indian-made FOSS. Unless you're talking about the government putting its own interests above the people's, which makes sense.

If you look at the list of apps, pretty much all of them requires some kind of back-end. Even if its 100% FOSS, the back end will cost money. Therefore someone has to pay for it somehow and someone will profit.

Its obvious to their best interest that the one that profit is an Indian company, with ties to the government.

Re: Indian government blocks access to forty-three mobile apps

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Post by temp345675634 »

damnencryption wrote: post #33

Ali express? C'mon. If I could find my electronics elsewhere and for a reasonable price, I would choose that but I can't. Government butchered the manufacturing industry, imposed ridiculous taxes (even increased them during the pandemic), custom duties and all sort of red tape which makes education for young generation harder. How can individuals work on the next generation robots, electronics, whatever if you can't…

Calm down son. The government is about to tell us whom we can marry and whom not, this is nothing for them. Do you think they even care about robotics or electronics? "Make in India" BTW :)

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Post by freebuju »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #21
freebuju wrote: post #10

Data is the new oil and India is just now fully recognizing how equivalent it is to an Iraq-style reserve; in this digital economy

> Data is the new oil This is a bad analogy. Oil is a commodity. Data are not. Oil is extractive. You can fly in tech and talent, pump oil, keep the rulers happy and not concern yourself with the local population. You can’t do that with data—its value, for advertising and influencing, is linked to the population’s productivity and power. Finally, data are ephemeral in a way oil isn’t. You can’t barrel up bytes in the…

Certainly did not mean to define data as a commodity. But rather a valuable resource. How valuable it is depends as you pointed out, is what type of data & who's hands is it in. India has a large growing population of youth who are projected to push it to become the 3rd largest economy within the next 3 decades. If I were a data-driven tech company I would definitely would want to stake a piece of this pie before it is too late. At a cheaper price too.

Re: Indian government blocks access to forty-three mobile apps

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Post by damnencryption »

villgax wrote: post #34

How exactly does a movers-n-packers/goods shipping company become prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India let alone not be in the best interest of the citizens? Like did they conduct a poll to ban Lalamove? Real baller move would be to ban anything with a China built SoC, if at all hatred for China is a reason to begin with.

India is trying to be china or to some extent US but without having the development of either of those countries.

Re: Indian government blocks access to forty-three mobile apps

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Post by freebuju »

dragonelite wrote: post #13
freebuju wrote: post #10

Data is the new oil and India is just now fully recognizing how equivalent it is to an Iraq-style reserve; in this digital economy

Yet it allowed US big tech to buy a lot of stake in its biggest data platform Reliance Jio?

The big bucks allows them to stave off any competition & maintain regional dominance. I'm aware both Google & Facebook have portions invested in Jio. Maybe they need some of their expertise in extracting value out of this data.

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Post by t_minus_3 »

villgax wrote: post #34

How exactly does a movers-n-packers/goods shipping company become prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India let alone not be in the best interest of the citizens? Like did they conduct a poll to ban Lalamove? Real baller move would be to ban anything with a China built SoC, if at all hatred for China is a reason to begin with.

movers-n-packers/goods shipping company is a front end to a sophisticated intelligence gathering &e spionage program of china. Just like how HUAWEI is threat to US. Nobody is dying by banning bunch of games, chill !!
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