News Views: Why PhonePe’s Indus Appstore can challenge Google Play’s dominance in India Factors like Indus not charging developers any commission for in-app payments and antitrust orders issued by India's competition regulator against Google could contribute to... Sarvesh MathiSeptember 25, 2023
News Views: Open Source AI—A Nebulous Concept Bearing a Heavy Weight Is open-sourcing of AI, and the use cases that come with it, a good starting point to discuss the responsibility and liability of AI?... Guest AuthorSeptember 20, 2023
News Views: Why the RBI deputy governor is wrong about asking fintech to self-regulate RBI Deputy Governor Rabi Shankar called for self-regulation in the fintech sector, but here's why we disagree with his stance. Sarvesh MathiSeptember 6, 2023
News Straw man fallacy: IT Ministers’ defence of government exemptions in data protection law misses the point Both the IT Minister and the IT Minister of State have chosen to avoid the actual concerns raised, and have instead defended against lesser... Sarvesh MathiAugust 10, 2023
News Obscene Takedowns: OTT Self Regulating Body DPCGC Learns Function Creep From the Censor Board The Central Board of Film Certification found power outside the Cinematograph Act and came to be known as the Censor Board. Are OTT self-regulating... Guest AuthorJuly 12, 2023
News Views: Should CCI Hold Jio Bharat to the Same Competition Standards as Google Android? Jio is engaging in many of the above practices that CCI has forbidden Google from engaging in. Sarvesh MathiJuly 4, 2023
News Views: Can generative AI collect our data from the Internet? Is it safe to consider all "publicly available data" as public? Guest AuthorApril 28, 2023
News Views: Why PhonePe should build a seller app for ONDC PhonePe launched an e-commerce buyer app for ONDC called Pincode. We, however, believe that it should also launch a seller app. Sarvesh MathiApril 5, 2023
News Views: Why Amazon joining ONDC is not the win it sounds like or needs right now Amazon announced that it will integrate its logistics network and SmartCommerce services with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC). Sarvesh MathiFebruary 27, 2023
News Views: Why India’s “indigenous” smartphone operating system BharOS is overhyped India's smartphone operating system BharOS has received much buzz in the media lately, but does it really merit this attention? Sarvesh MathiJanuary 27, 2023