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> Because most indians will glady sell their data for saving up a dollar? Keep it it mind that a single dollar can buy cooked meal for two persons, or major in
by davchana 7y ago
> Because most indians will glady sell their data for saving up a dollar?
Keep it it mind that a single dollar can buy cooked meal for two persons, or major ingredients like flour rice potato etc for 3-4 persons.
Obviously not everybody is so poor in India, but World Bank defines lower middle class household as somebody earning $10-50 a day [1].
Personally, I had used Jio Sim cards, prepaid, in data dongle, but never installed any of their apps because never felt like I needed. And yes, the reason was exactly you described, best rates, about $5 for a month, for 3GB daily.
Jio is also memed as Oil (Mirror image of Jio), because Data is the New Oil.
[1]. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_India#cite_note-7 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_India#cite_note-7