Jio is the greatest thing that has happened for rural India in the past two decades.
>The sad thing is they have deep ties with the current Govt, meaning no anti-monopoly action against them will ever be initiated against them.
The only reason there is a Jio "monopoly" is because the alternatives suck outside the urban cores of India's biggest cities.
>and blatantly copy other competing apps (whatsapp and zoom were the biggest thing they copied)
What is wrong with "copying" app ideas and concepts? I am happy that there is an Indian alternative to Zoom for business and government meetings. Just a few months ago Indian military officials were caught using Zoom to videoconference. They didn't know about Zoom's deep ties to the Chinese government.
>The sad thing is they have deep ties with the current Govt, meaning no anti-monopoly action against them will ever be initiated against them.
The only reason there is a Jio "monopoly" is because the alternatives suck outside the urban cores of India's biggest cities.
>and blatantly copy other competing apps (whatsapp and zoom were the biggest thing they copied)
What is wrong with "copying" app ideas and concepts? I am happy that there is an Indian alternative to Zoom for business and government meetings. Just a few months ago Indian military officials were caught using Zoom to videoconference. They didn't know about Zoom's deep ties to the Chinese government.