&gt; But she first needs to get a &#x27;license&#x27; from facebook.<p>How is this different from the iPhone and the closed app store? If people don&#x27;t like closed app store eco-system of the iPhone, they buy Android. Similarly, if the poor don&#x27;t like Free Basics, they will opt out of it for a competitor.<p>Also, the licensing thing will be less of an issue, if Facebook commits to a transparent, fast, and preferably automated process of gaining their zero-rating.