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Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_itzkhx7 wrote

Reply to comment by Norci in India orders Google to allow third-party payments, slaps on another fine by nimajjibewarsi

> one of their biggest markets

It doesn't matter how many people are there if most either can't afford a phone or only afford the cheapest model...

Which is why Google's revenue from India is a drop in the bucket compared to global.

Sure, ~700 million in revenue sounds like a lot.

But just US is 209 billion in revenue

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77magicmoon77 t1_itzs39n wrote

And do that now with data.

I wanna bet that data generated by the Indian population is far more valuable...

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nimajjibewarsi OP t1_iu0gca0 wrote

Data + lack of regulations makes india a easy place to harvest whatever data they would like

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