> I think the parent comment answers this quite comprehensively - because (it would appear the parent comment believes) Indian companies will work more closely with the Indian government for more oppressive surveillance of its people.
> The big multinationals are harder to push around.
Thanks, that was what I was hinting at, without providing details. Fin Tech companies have also, in the recent times, fought in the Supreme Court for the biometric based resident ID scheme called Aadhaar because they stand to benefit from tracking people and their transactions. ISPs in India have also shown that any John Doe orders to block several sites are implemented without any questions whatsoever. Indian companies, in my knowledge, do obey government orders without question (as long as it doesn't affect their profits too much) than foreign companies would. We have seen the resistance from others, like with Blackberry being asked to provide interception by the Indian government several years ago and other instances (like the recent instance of WhatsApp being asked to control the spread of fake news and allow the tapping of conversations).
> I'd imagine, providing Google doesn't get too much negative feedback from it's upcoming censored China search engine, they'll likely make a censored version for India if they see it as a big enough market. Hey presto, the worst of both worlds!
I hope it doesn't come to that, and in reality, this won't be so easy to get done in India like it is in China.