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India Replaces China as Next Big Frontier for U.S. Tech Companies

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Re: India Replaces China as Next Big Frontier for U.S. Tech Companies

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There have been some predictions in the last few years that China will peak economically in the near future due to population controls (one-child policy)

http://wallstreetflaneur.com/forget-china-how-population-cha...

The other prediction is that India will become an economic superpower by 2030:

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/india-to-become-economic-s...

Re: India Replaces China as Next Big Frontier for U.S. Tech Companies

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I have 4 (ExpressVPN, VyprVPN, StrongVPN, and a fourth I'll never tell anyone where it is). They do not reliably connect, are prone to attacks from the government and even when they do connect, you'll be throttled into oblivion. Before I discovered Shadowsocks (Chinese went to clouds house and made him remove it from github), my VPN would, within 3-5 minutes, be throttled to about 128k average speed. I would be elate…

How dare they try to stop people from breaking the law.

Law? Since when has the PRC even admitted that the GFW exists? If it has, it's news to me.

Re: India Replaces China as Next Big Frontier for U.S. Tech Companies

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How dare they try to stop people from breaking the law.

Law? Since when has the PRC even admitted that the GFW exists? If it has, it's news to me.

How is that relevant? Secret laws are still laws. Just ask the NSA.

Re: India Replaces China as Next Big Frontier for U.S. Tech Companies

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You say you went to MIT and don't know how to set up your own VPN server?

Aren't you snarky... Read carefully. I have a fourth. And that wouldn't fix it anyway. They detect it on the protocol level. They posison your DNS.

That's a legitimate question, setting up an OpenVPN server is trivial. I am curious, have you tried using obfusproxy or an alternate way to obfuscate your vpn traffic?

Re: India Replaces China as Next Big Frontier for U.S. Tech Companies

#45

Meanwhile in Kashmir, which is an "integral" part of India (apparently) — http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/access-denied-kas...

As an Indian I would say this action by the government was both very unfortunate and very un-pragmatic.

However, it would be worthwhile to note that it was the elected and relatively autonomous state government of Jammu and Kashmir which enforced this ban.

It seems there was a sense of panic in the J&K government because of the recent rise in terrorist attacks, and waving of ISIS flags each Friday in Srinagar. So they thought that some elements - of all shades/religions - might use this occasion to incite communal tensions between the Hindu and Muslim residents of state. Not a reason valid enough IMHO, but worth to note.

Anyways they would be held accountable for this in the next elections, so let's hope it never happens again.

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holy shit are we the same person? hit me up at Windows some time. Or wherever.

I'd be down to meet my doppelgänger., but if you want to meet at Window, we are not the same person. haha. How do I get ahold of you after my trip to the states?

Wechats the same as my id here.

Re: India Replaces China as Next Big Frontier for U.S. Tech Companies

#47

Meanwhile in Kashmir, which is an "integral" part of India (apparently) — http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/access-denied-kas...

As an Indian I would say this action by the government was both very unfortunate and very un-pragmatic. However, it would be worthwhile to note that it was the elected and relatively autonomous state government of Jammu and Kashmir which enforced this ban. It seems there was a sense of panic in the J&K government because of the recent rise in terrorist attacks, and waving of ISIS flags each Friday in Srinagar. So the…

Agree with you 100%

Re: India Replaces China as Next Big Frontier for U.S. Tech Companies

#48

Meanwhile in Kashmir, which is an "integral" part of India (apparently) — http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/access-denied-kas...

As an Indian I would say this action by the government was both very unfortunate and very un-pragmatic. However, it would be worthwhile to note that it was the elected and relatively autonomous state government of Jammu and Kashmir which enforced this ban. It seems there was a sense of panic in the J&K government because of the recent rise in terrorist attacks, and waving of ISIS flags each Friday in Srinagar. So the…

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Re: India Replaces China as Next Big Frontier for U.S. Tech Companies

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This is great, but I do have some concerns: - The support for Modi's "Digital India" by Facebook looks like a rebranded Internet.org, which will have serious implications on net neutrality in India, affecting not only the users but also Indian Internet startups. - Packaging FB/Google/Twitter services for free consumption is unlikely to encourage more content creation from the masses. - Our IT Act, often in conjunctio…

I'm still not convinced that the internet.org version of net neutrality violation is a bad thing. If it gives access to several million people even a limited set of services, I think it's still a net positive. Sure Facebook makes money on it but why do I care!
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