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Maybe it's a cultural thing. If it was an Indian doing it to Americans, I don't see why there would be outrage. It's just a guy promoting his service, which he

by l4yao 9y ago

Maybe it's a cultural thing. If it was an Indian doing it to Americans, I don't see why there would be outrage. It's just a guy promoting his service, which he did eventually deliver. The Taiwan number 1, competitors number eight bit is hilarious. It's a meme and not intended to be political. "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." Would you say the same about apps that serve video ads in order to unlock something in app? Or contests that requests tweets for entry? Or bootstrapped companies with "buy now" websites that only lead to an email signup? "he doesn’t realize that he is manipulating people less informed and weaker than him" Manipulating seems like a strong word. No one was forced to tweet, this isn't a matter of life or death. (It's for getting on WhatsApp after all). More importantly, I don't think anyone that tweeted really cared about the contents of the tweet.

intended 9y ago
Manipulation is correct. You could try to see how coerce fits and you will find that harder to pin. Challenges or re-tweet requests are assumed in good faith or in the context of a (relatively) symmetrical/fair market system. I’m trying to give him good faith and it’s coming up short. I don’t think he is malicious, just not used to thinking at the scale of humanity he was dealing with. By the way - this is also an excellent example of how good net neutrality laws help customers. I am sure JIO would love to block whatsapp. Actually - how is Jio blocking Whatsapp? That’s a more important question.
- SimbaOnSteroids 9y ago
  I don't believe the phones have the ability to download the application. They look like early 2000's phones, like after the bricks of the 90's but before the flip phone craze.
  - intended 9y ago
    In that case reliance should just buy the guy out. Jio launches a pretty ambitious phone network and decimated the competition. Do note thought that they are considered to be really bad competitors to go up against. They almost always have a focus on good ultra competitive pricing and ways to extract extra money from the consumer. But they are very actively investing in broadband content to drive use of their network.

by l4yao 9y ago

intended 9y ago

Manipulation is correct. You could try to see how coerce fits and you will find that harder to pin. Challenges or re-tweet requests are assumed in good faith or in the context of a (relatively) symmetrical/fair market system. I’m trying to give him good faith and it’s coming up short. I don’t think he is malicious, just not used to thinking at the scale of humanity he was dealing with. By the way - this is also an excellent example of how good net neutrality laws help customers. I am sure JIO would love to block whatsapp. Actually - how is Jio blocking Whatsapp? That’s a more important question.

SimbaOnSteroids 9y ago
I don't believe the phones have the ability to download the application. They look like early 2000's phones, like after the bricks of the 90's but before the flip phone craze.
- intended 9y ago
  In that case reliance should just buy the guy out. Jio launches a pretty ambitious phone network and decimated the competition. Do note thought that they are considered to be really bad competitors to go up against. They almost always have a focus on good ultra competitive pricing and ways to extract extra money from the consumer. But they are very actively investing in broadband content to drive use of their network.