India’s new operating system against Google’s US monopoly emphasizes security and user privacy.
It all started in 2022, when India penalizes Google for the company’s overwhelming domination of the Android Play Store, an app market that is present on 97% of the 600 million active mobile devices. on the territory of this country. An overwhelming number for the giant from the United States, claiming to be the antithesis of the Indian government’s antipathy – has left the market with no room for competition.
A complex battle against a tough opponent, with their products to suit every pocket, seems to have no intention of giving up. So came BharOs – a new “national” operating system for mobile devices, being developed today by Indian scientists to remove the monopoly of US companies, offering a solution. alternatives for their own people.
According to Dharmendra Pradhan, India’s Minister for Skills and Enterprise Development, in recent days the first official tests have been started and the development is going well.
“There is still a long way to go and we are aware of it, but if we succeed in developing BharOs, the monopoly will be lost.”
A bold choice that follows the philosophy of Prime Minister Modi, who has recently set his sights on self-sufficiency and Indian startups as the foundation for the new modern era.
BharOs is being developed at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, which will be open source operating system although there is no preview yet. From the first information released by the developers, we can tell it will mainly focus on security and protecting users’ privacy, with complete freedom to install applications. from various app marketplaces, including third-party apps.
Author: Alessandro Volpe
