India will launch own indigenous Web Browser

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India is set to launch its own indigenous web browser, marking a significant step towards digital sovereignty and data security. The announcement was made by Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, on March 20, 2025. Source:

what do you think how will it help India?

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:yuck::yuck:

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I smell Surveillance

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I don’t think that will be successful in the long run. Similar browser initiatives in other countries have struggled to gain market share beyond their domestic markets. Also, most people in India don’t care about online privacy.

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Depends on whether it is a government pre-requisite to share data. The browser which won the challenge is from Zoho which at least has a good track record of software development. The browser itself is already available.

The unfortunate part is that it is still a Chromium clone.

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I doubt it will gain much traction. Most people in India use chrome. Only people who require privacy or ad-free surfing use different browser.
This is just from my perspective.

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Hopefully government websites will be more functional and usable on this…

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Well, it is just Chromium, don’t see it working any different in any government department compared to Chrome or Edge. Usability and speed is a design rather than browser problem.

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When i am in college, i was heard BOSS

https://cdac.in/index.aspx?id=st_oss_free_open_source_software.

still not was not went to mainstream os in Govt offices.

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What is Zoho? Everybody talks about it but not explain me what is meant by it?

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I wont be surprised if all other browsers are banned and then all citizen required to link AADHAR with this browser before using it.

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Dude
You should forward this to the browsers author.

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I use this browser and its alright, but its updater is broken and requires manual updates on a regular basis. I’ve reported it, multiple others have reported it but they haven’t fixed it yet.

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Lolokay.

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What is lolokey?

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Pardon, His Space Bar isn’t working Sir .

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Okay
He means Lol key right?

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Gov will provide Laptop/Mobile to be used with this browser (made in india = installed in India but made in China)

Alternate

Ban all other browsers so people will have no other option

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Then I will be the 1st one in the Que.

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Well, my comment was meant to be sarcastic…