[zinghaboi]

I think their "free basics" is geared towards people who already have internet. They are not exactly going to remote villages and electrifying them.

Imagine how hard it would be for Indian startups when you need a 'license' from Facebook to deploy your app to your target market. The poor will have free facebook, but they won't have tech jobs. I've seen thousands of really poor guys being alleviated out of poverty due to Indian tech businesses which could grow because competition was fair. Tomorrow when launching an app means getting a license from facebook, it would be much harder!!

And it is a fair argument to make that other big boys will jump in to give some competition to facebook's "zero rating" but what about the small guys??