Although I'm sorry for your terrible experience with them, I'm also kinda glad, because your description was really entertaining (when you are not the one who has to live it).
I have worked for two of the Big 4 consulting firms, in security domain. They have the same story - they promise client to provide resources on subject A and B, ask the ones who have less project to learn subject A and B (these resources are expert in subject X and Y, but since the client wants A and B - they are asked to learn that in a day or two. I have seen many colleagues going to the client location, searching on Google "how to do A" in the morning and then provide some PPT with basic information.
Currently working for an American software dev company.
What I mean to say is, the issue you mentioned is not limited to these 5-6 companies, but for the whole IT industry.
When Google had withdrawn YouTube app from FireTV, I started watching YouTube on the Silk app (browser). The interface on browser or YT app, both are same.
I feel its better that YT has same look and feel on the browser - I don't need a separate app for that. And I can browse other websites in the same browser.
So now I don't care if they are back with YouTube app on Fire TV.
Not a member of Amazon Prime since long, I manage my entertainment with YouTube, JioCinema and HotStar.
I totally agree with you. Even though Jio has blocked many torrent website, still people find holes to download the content. Normally people subscribe for the 1 or 1.5 GB/day plan, which was earlier very much affordable compared to other operators. Not others too have reduced their prices to stay in competition.
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.
> 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.
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.
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.
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.
How Oyo completely ruined my first wedding anniversary: https://oyo-ruined-my-anniversary.com/