In India, Trump's tariffs spark calls to boycott American goods
NEW DELHI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - From McDonald's and Coca-Cola to Amazon and Apple, U.S.-based multinationals are facing calls for a boycott in India as business executives and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's supporters stoke anti-American sentiment to protest against U.S. tariffs.
India, the world's most populous nation, is a key market for American brands that have rapidly expanded to target a growing base of affluent consumers, many of whom remain infatuated with international labels seen as symbols of moving up in life.
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Do it. Fuck the Orange Jackass.
I do not think they can ditch Whatsapp. it is very popular in India
Tiktok was also very popular, until it wasn't anymore.
I don't use Tiktok, nor am I from India, so I'm clueless on this topic. What happened to the app over there?
Got banned due to worsening India-China relations.
it's still alive, but it got captured by american/isreali control
TikTok is officially banned in India. (People still use it, but you can't download it from Play Store.)
how do they get updates?
Not sure, I never used it. I'm guessing either VPN, one of the apk download sites, or a TikTok mirror running on browser.
So is Telegram, and it's actually better for a lot of things, but it is stereotyped as being meant for movie sharing.
What non-American alternative is there anyway? Only SimpleX comes to mind. Which I sadly don't see getting widely adopted.
india uses google Android or apple ios as their primary computing platform, created by US-companies exclusively. And they can not afford hardware for alternative operating systems? How many indians use Linux?