Re:India has the highest data usage per smartphone
by sound1 on Friday June 21, 2019 @08:53AM
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> Even though Jio has blocked many torrent website, still people find holes to download the content.
In my experience, a lot of people I know switched streaming services instead of torrents. Amazon prime and Hoststar are quite affordable and have decent content now a days and people generally don't bother with the torrents as much as they did a few years ago.
Re:India has the highest data usage per smartphone
by vinay_ys on Friday June 21, 2019 @10:36AM
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Except for Netflix which is $8/month, rest of the streaming services are very cheap. Hotstar has content from HBO, Showtime etc. Amazon Prime is ok. There are lots of Indian streaming services with Indian content. A lot of data consumption in India is video content hosted within India.
Re:India has the highest data usage per smartphone
by wtmt on Friday June 21, 2019 @02:36PM
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Not comparing the content library, but the cost here. Netflix is not very expensive compared to Hotstar or Prime. The latter two are targeted at family watching. They don’t have the concept of user profiles on a single account. If you have a family of four with each wanting to watch something different without trashing others’ watch lists, progress, etc., then with Hotstar and Prime you’d have to buy four separate subscriptions. With Netflix, you get five separate user profiles for one price.
Also, the quality of video and the user experience on Netflix is leagues ahead of Prime and Hotstar (in that order). Hotstar is very poor on technology and design. It only has its content catalog to lean on.
Re:India has the highest data usage per smartphone
by z3phyr on Friday June 21, 2019 @09:19AM
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The torrent websites might be blocked, but the actual torrent protocol works. You just need to find magnets.
Re:India has the highest data usage per smartphone
by tellme_throwa on Friday June 21, 2019 @10:03AM
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Nope, many trackers are blocked too and that is problematic for regional content
but there are things like free online leechers, telegram groups that freely share pirated content..
Re:India has the highest data usage per smartphone
by swarnie_ on Friday June 21, 2019 @09:28AM
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Exactly, i never bought the "its blocked" excuse.
We've had major sites blocked in the UK for years but no one can keep up with proxybay.app and its endless rehosts.
Re:India has the highest data usage per smartphone
by gowthamgts12 on Friday June 21, 2019 @08:50AM
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While I'm happy that Jio is leading the data war, I'm little concerned about the competition (which is non-existent at this point). May be I'm paranoid, but I'm using Jio Postpaid and would never go to JioFiber to give away all my data.
Re:India has the highest data usage per smartphone
by tellme_throwa on Friday June 21, 2019 @10:01AM
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It is not many people. AFAIK most people get pirated movies from telegram groups.
It is not possible to get old movies this way tho...
One advantage is that Jio was totally new to the market so they started with 4G networks directly. The connectivity, voice clarity and bandwidth was very good due to only-4G network. Other operators were are still working on 2G, 3G and 4G.
I had earlier worked for Jio for 5 years and I feel proud today that I contributed for the country - in allowing the easy access of data to public. I remember, before 6 years I used to get 1 GB data for Rs. 250. Today for the same amount I can nearly get 50 GB data.
My wife also worked for Jio and today is her last day. I feel very sad now.