Amazon’s Great Indian Festival sale ends at midnight tomorrow. The company says it sold more iPhones on the opening day, 17 October, than in all of last year’s sale. By next week, you will see policy wonks, economists and sections of the government hailing the green shoots of recovery, citing data from the sale. And later, in a dramatic turn of events, you will see the same set of people calling out the company for predatory pricing and killing the retail sector.
But I digress. While you enjoy the new iPhone, or wait for your air fryer to arrive, spare …
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