India has banned 50 apps made by Chinese companies based on concern that they are being used for snooping on Indian users.

One must ask if the Indian government thinks it is acceptable for US companies, or Indian companies, to snoop on Indian users.

If these apps were free software and were running on a free operating system, then India would not be able to ban them, and people would be able to assure that they don't snoop, or fix them not to snoop.