This isn't exactly a democracy-crushing deal as most people paint this to be, nor is this Disney trying to be family friendly. HBO shows, including ones which d

This isn't exactly a democracy-crushing deal as most people paint this to be, nor is this Disney trying to be family friendly. HBO shows, including ones which definitely aren't family-friendly/politically correct, are on Hotstar Premium, which is a paid subscription that costs about $15 a year. A majority of the people don't use Premium , they watch a lot of hostar videos for free / pay a smaller amount for sports, and neither of these options have HBO. A lot of people have seen the Modi clip on Youtube already. Personally I don't even think there was anything new in the episode, most of it is common knowledge in India and the show is geared towards an American audience which might not know the full picture. I guess it's just Hotstar being ultra-safe, which IMO they don't need to be.