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.
12 Comments
moe90@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 358d
I do not think they can ditch Whatsapp. it is very popular in India
narwhal@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 358d
Tiktok was also very popular, until it wasn't anymore.
ElPsyKongroo@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 358d
I don't use Tiktok, nor am I from India, so I'm clueless on this topic. What happened to the app over there?
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 358d
Got banned due to worsening India-China relations.
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 358d
it's still alive, but it got captured by american/isreali control
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 357d
TikTok is officially banned in India. (People still use it, but you can't download it from Play Store.)
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 356d
how do they get updates?
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 355d
Not sure, I never used it. I'm guessing either VPN, one of the apk download sites, or a TikTok mirror running on browser.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 358d
So is Telegram, and it's actually better for a lot of things, but it is stereotyped as being meant for movie sharing.
ArtixCory@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 357d
What non-American alternative is there anyway? Only SimpleX comes to mind. Which I sadly don't see getting widely adopted.
Etterra@discuss.online · 6 pts · 357d
Do it. Fuck the Orange Jackass.
glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 357d
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?