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> As other people have said, he comes across as lacking humanity. Especially as the people using Jio phones would be the kind of people who are not rich or well

> As other people have said, he comes across as lacking humanity. Especially as the people using Jio phones would be the kind of people who are not rich or well off. But that doesn't make his server costs go away. And they must own at least another phone otherwise they wouldn't be able to use WhatsApp Web. So they are probably not as poor as you think.

StavrosK 9y ago
If they own another phone why do they want to access WhatsApp on their cheapo ones so fervently?
- oeuviz 9y ago
  That is what puzzles me most in the article. Unless one phone that can handle Whatsapp is used by several people I do not get what they are trying to achieve here. AFAIK Whatsapp Web needs to have a phone online and is not provided as a standalone web service.
  - StavrosK 9y ago
    Yeah, that's pretty perplexing to me as well.
- deleted 9y ago
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- xenres 9y ago
  They could have used some else's phone to setup the account
intended 9y ago
>But that doesn't make his server costs go away If it were just the opening part of the article which gave me pause, I would agree with you. But the other parts? Its very hard, even when I am trying to give him the benefit of doubt, to devise a sufficient and forgiving explanation for his behavior. Unless you just ignore entire chunks of what transpired. He used those people to troll his competitors. It sounds like someone realized that he could flash a laser, and make a group of camps walk over someone else's flower bed. Its hard to defend that, and the implication that has for his view on the people he aimed like water from a hose. For the record, I've put some time into knowing what I know about India, the Indian telecom industry, Jio and Jio pricing. I'll say that my educated guess should be pretty close to the mark, but I will change my position if a contradicting piece of information is shown.
- intended 9y ago
  edit: Cats, not camps...

StavrosK 9y ago

If they own another phone why do they want to access WhatsApp on their cheapo ones so fervently?

oeuviz 9y ago
That is what puzzles me most in the article. Unless one phone that can handle Whatsapp is used by several people I do not get what they are trying to achieve here. AFAIK Whatsapp Web needs to have a phone online and is not provided as a standalone web service.
- StavrosK 9y ago
  Yeah, that's pretty perplexing to me as well.
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xenres 9y ago
They could have used some else's phone to setup the account

intended 9y ago

>But that doesn't make his server costs go away If it were just the opening part of the article which gave me pause, I would agree with you. But the other parts? Its very hard, even when I am trying to give him the benefit of doubt, to devise a sufficient and forgiving explanation for his behavior. Unless you just ignore entire chunks of what transpired. He used those people to troll his competitors. It sounds like someone realized that he could flash a laser, and make a group of camps walk over someone else's flower bed. Its hard to defend that, and the implication that has for his view on the people he aimed like water from a hose. For the record, I've put some time into knowing what I know about India, the Indian telecom industry, Jio and Jio pricing. I'll say that my educated guess should be pretty close to the mark, but I will change my position if a contradicting piece of information is shown.

intended 9y ago
edit: Cats, not camps...