[sn41]

Where are you quoting these figures from? The minimum wage is considerably higher than Rs. 100 per day in most parts of India.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_Wages_Act_1948

Rs. 200 is not a big amount. Of course, the real comparison will be with respect to the cable TV rate, and the Netflix rate might not be low enough to be a better option.

[yial]

From what you posted:

“Lack of awareness: Many citizens are not aware of the existence of a statutory provision that ensures a minimum wage rate. "80% of workers earn less than INR 20/day or less than half of government stipulated minimum wage rate (rural INR 49 and urban INR 67)”.[2] On certain instances of doubt among workers on existence of a minimum wage rate, officials have denied claims of any statutory act or legislation.[11]”

“42% of all wage earners in India receive wages below the national minimum wage floor rate.[62]”

“In Mumbai, as of 2017, the minimum wage was Rs. 348/day for a safai karmachari (sewage cleaner and sweeper), but this was rarely paid.[5]”

[vijaybritto]

>Rs. 200 is not a big amount. sorry thats really ignorant. It is not a big amount for the privileged people.

[yial]

I think this is very correct. I asked some friends who are Indian and currently in India, and they replied with:

“On this I would say that it will be expensive for the maximum population of India as the Percentage of working class people earning good is not on the positive side. Many people still fall under BPL and I as an Indian citizen can absolutely tell you about this thing that we people totally browse it of the web and find things for free even the Netflix originals. This is something not good or praiseworthy but yes most people do that.”

[govg]

Of course it's expensive for the majority of the population, but that's not the target market here. India has a population in excess of 1b, even 1% of that market would be a good acquisition for Netflix.