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by spians 2168 days ago
Yes this is the way for these companies to enter into India's emerging market, but it's getting worse for the end consumer. A lot of "Tech Gurus" in India are suggesting Jio apps as a replacement for the banned Chinese ones (to ride the wave of nationalism). But the problem is, Jio Apps have some of the worst privacy policies I have come across (even worse than their Chinese counter parts in some cases). Users in India are not aware of this fact. It will be too late and everyone will be locked into Jio platform ecosystem before the masses realize it (think of something like Cambridge Analytica scandal at India's scale with one of the Jio Apps as a platform).