National security trumps "discomfort to citizens" every time ... otherwise all of us would have revolted by now for wasting hours in airport because of the security checks.
Literally everyone in India is using WhatApp. If the government decided to shut it down, all government offices would be on fire within hours.
Isn't that what I am saying too? We accept the huge discomfort because we feel it is important and in our national interest! However important WhatsApp is, it is just a platform. If it is killed by a ban, people will just migrate to another platform and that's a lot more easier to do than give up on the benefits of flying by air. The only reason WhatsApp is allowed to function is because they are willing to provide a backdoor to the indian government - and that's easy to do when all the communication goes through their server and they handle the keys.
In today's context with WhatsApp, The sun never rises without a billion GOOD MORNING messages and another billion GOOD MORNING TO YOU TOO replies on WhatsApp in India /s
You propose to abandon them?
Which is to artificially maintain the duty free market.