Real baller move would be to ban anything with a China built SoC, if at all hatred for China is a reason to begin with.
Right but they are not looking for a baller move. India has severely limited financial , military or technical capabilities compare to China. They can't really challenge in significant way, so banning chinese hardware, capital investment in startups or military action is out of question. Banning some phone apps and calling it a strong retaliatory move against chinese aggression is the story fed by politicians.
The UK is not hell-bent on banning Huawei. It had initially approved Huawei hardware, and after banning them, admitted that this was due to geopolitical pressure,[1] which included US threats to reduce intelligence co-operation with the UK.[2] The US president even said that he was responsible for the UK's action.[3]
1. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jul/18/pressure-...
2. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/31/trump-to-threaten-to-curb-in...
3. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2020/jul/15/tru...
Because the US has a trade war with China and tries to rope other countries into it?
Second, just because lalamove didn't do anything ontoward for you, doesn't mean that chinese companies don't spy on anyone. Maybe you should look at the rich history of china's industrial espionage, or how US and Soviet Russia spied on each other during the cold war.
Third, this is part of a economic and trade war against china. Maybe you should read about how an authoritarian state works, and how subjugated people get treated by oppressors. Go look at tibet, taiwan, Hong Kong, uyghur, ww2 poland etc etc.
I'll add a final point. I have found most such arguments made by people who hate the current indian government, which is indeed a bad one. But people are so hell bent on opposing the government that they even speak positives of entities that are against india, like china. Food for thought for you, what would your reaction be if it was the indian government doing similar things of industrial espionage, economic war, and spying. Would you say that modi was welcome to see that you ordered furniture from ikea?