It&#x27;s almost beautifully murky that the folks using the app would come to think that what is offered to them <i>is</i> the Internet. This is a distilled example of what heavy ISP control of the Internet could look like.<p>Getting service to disadvantaged or destitute people is great. But it&#x27;s so very important that Google, Facebook, Apple, Comcast, Verizon, TWC, whomever are constrained from wanton good-will Trojan horses. The tenor and breadth with which Facebook has entered their heavy-handed lot simply illustrates that sometimes, there&#x27;s nothing new under the sun.<p>TRAI taking a very thorough, critical look at Free Basics is a good thing for the people of India.