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Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_itz3fud wrote

If Android called their bluff and pulled out of India their country would be fucked...

Most of them only have cell phones for the internet, and sure as shit can't afford iphones.

The only alternative is Chinese operating systems, and those are loaded with spyware.

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Norci t1_itzgzn7 wrote

Yeah like Google would pull out from one of their biggest markets..

Edit: Lmao he blocked me. It's one of their biggest market counting people that can afford a phone, duh. India is massive and makes up for people that can't afford a phone with the sheer number of people that can.

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Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_itzkhx7 wrote

> one of their biggest markets

It doesn't matter how many people are there if most either can't afford a phone or only afford the cheapest model...

Which is why Google's revenue from India is a drop in the bucket compared to global.

Sure, ~700 million in revenue sounds like a lot.

But just US is 209 billion in revenue

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77magicmoon77 t1_itzs39n wrote

And do that now with data.

I wanna bet that data generated by the Indian population is far more valuable...

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nimajjibewarsi OP t1_iu0gca0 wrote

Data + lack of regulations makes india a easy place to harvest whatever data they would like

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