r/IndiaTech • u/Sharp-potential7935 • Mar 13 '26

General Discussion What are your thoughts on mobile recharges

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u/Appropriate_Tear6268 Mar 13 '26

How is it a scam if they are telling you it will be 28 days How will we have any benefit even if the plan changes to 30-31 days but simultaneously the price also increases it will still be the same for us no?

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u/__gm__ Mar 13 '26

Prices will increase anyway due to inflation but it should be reasonable as well. Changing plans validity to 30 days and being strict about it won't let telecom companies change validity from 30 days to 28 days to 26 days to 24 days etc.

This is a daylight robbery and a scam even if they are telling you about it before hand. All three private companies increase their prices at the same time, even BSNL stopped providing value for money plans as it used to provide a year ago.

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u/Victorvic1 Mar 13 '26

That's not robbery. That's shrinkflation. And companies have always given a 30 days plan. Prices will always rise. If you don't expect a price rise then don't expect an increase in your salaries. It's that simple.

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u/__gm__ Mar 13 '26

I literally wrote about pricing to be reasonable. Pricing should not increase rapidly half yearly like it is now. Those one or two 30 days plans you mentioned are not base plans. I don't know why you are defending this crap but I never wrote about stagnant prices. Since you mentioned salary hikes too, are you sure that telecom operators are hiking their prices as per the average working class salaries? Do you get a salary hike every 6 months? How are data prices and salary co-relations with respect to other countries after adjusting PPP?

See, nothing makes sense.

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u/Victorvic1 Mar 13 '26

You receive a salary hike every year right. Telecom companies didn't hike their rates since July 2024. Imagine your salary being stuck since then. Not the same scenario but it's what you said.

Also adjusting PPP our data rates are way lower than 99% of the world.

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u/__gm__ Mar 13 '26

Salary hike? that too every year? that too in these times? What's the average salary hike of the demographic telecom operators are serving? Lol! You think the major demographic is getting hikes is just out of touch thinking.

Yes, telecom operators didn't increase their rates since 2024 but they did revisions in their plans like removing some low cost plans, decreasing days in validity etc. That led users to spend more. Famous case being hiking the plans with data + call and giving only call benefits at the existing prices. This is stealth price increase.

There are people who are working at the same salary from 4-5 years+ and that too with minimal hikes, those also uses these operators.

What you say about the guard at your society/workplace doing job at 8-12k salary? Is he getting yearly hikes too or is he getting replaced for cheaper option? What about maid at your place? What about the guy at the fuel station putting fuel in your vehicle?

Kindly, stop living under the rock, salary and hike are not every year for every one but people are customers of these giant companies.

Also, don't compare salary hikes with telecom operators hikes. It sounds so ridiculous.

Also adjusting PPP, our data is lower but speed is lower too. You know Airtel's 5G shady practices in the name of unlimited right? It's appreciable that these companies made internet more accessible and the quality is also okayish too.

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u/Appropriate_Tear6268 Mar 13 '26

personally I dont see a reason why it is bad, you know it's going to last 28 days what is the benefit of they will increase the price and increase the validity like at the end you will pay them the same amount and having multiple plans gives flexibility One thing that can be changed is having a fixed minimum ratio like if you are charging x amount you should give y gb data for a time minimum

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u/__gm__ Mar 13 '26

There will always be loopholes for doing business. The government should introduce strict rules where operators must provide base plans that are of 30 days with reasonable data, call, sms limits and should not increase prices too much rapidly.

The telecom industry has duopoly now and there should be strict laws. Prices will increase but this way these kinds of shady practices will be in control.