India often presents itself as a relatively progressive country that is trying to catch up with its neighbors and especially Asian and Western society. In terms of technology, the government is doing very well for the time being, and a number of interesting projects and development and research centers are being created in India, where the largest companies are based. Nevertheless, in many ways the country lacks a kind of market freedom that would work even without constant state regulation and forced supervision. For example, we are talking about Chinese applications that got on the government's list of unwanted phenomena. While in the United States, politicians and statesmen blinked only at the possibility of arresting the tipster of Tencent and ByteDance, India is doing pretty well in this case.
According to the latest news, the Indian government has banned another 43 apps, adding to the growing list of software downloaded from Google Play and the App Store. However, the most interesting news is that the popular e-commerce platform AliExpress, which was very popular in India, was also banned. There were also downloads of several other apps from Alibaba and others to learn about the more essential parts of the digital ecosystem. According to the government, this decision can mainly be attributed to China's low transparency and its efforts to usurp informace users. In essence, the same paradox occurs as in the case of the United States, when the country vents its anger on an overly capable competitor.
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