The problem with Facebook is that it's trying to invent problems for its solution. It has been my observation that the limited internet accessibility in India i

The problem with Facebook is that it's trying to invent problems for its solution. It has been my observation that the limited internet accessibility in India is less because of people not being able to afford it (internet is quite cheap, and definitely affordable for anybody who can afford to have a phone capable enough for modern web) but because there is a huge barrier to internet literacy. Most people aren't online because they do not know the benefits of email, search or social networks. And even if they do know the benefits, there's a barrier to learning it. I have many relatives in my family who are well to do but don't know how to use the browser properly. At the same time, a lot of people in the lower income classes don't feel the internet is important enough to invest in the resource to access it, eg web capable phones. Free basics will not provide that section of people any kind of benefit, because it doesn't lower any of those barriers.