I think their &quot;free basics&quot; is geared towards people who already have internet. They are not exactly going to remote villages and electrifying them.<p>Imagine how hard it would be for Indian startups when you need a &#x27;license&#x27; from Facebook to deploy your app to your target market. The poor will have free facebook, but they won&#x27;t have tech jobs. I&#x27;ve seen thousands of really poor guys being alleviated out of poverty due to Indian tech businesses which could grow because competition was fair. Tomorrow when launching an app means getting a license from facebook, it would be much harder!!<p>And it is a fair argument to make that other big boys will jump in to give some competition to facebook&#x27;s &quot;zero rating&quot; but what about the small guys??