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purplexon Oyo's business model is looking a lot like WeWork's

This went viral some times back in Indian social-media

How Oyo completely ruined my first wedding anniversary: https://oyo-ruined-my-anniversary.com/

purplexon Infosys shares drop to 10-month low as whistle-blowers target CEO

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.

purplexon Prime Video on Chromecast and Android TV, YouTube on Fire TV

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.

purplexon Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

I believe the UI is great and will work perfectly on big-screens installed at stations. Kudos for making the app and such a nice UI.

purplexon India has the highest data usage per smartphone

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.