Hmm.. which all are?
Its hardly even a choice. As a consumer myself, anything not free doesn't interest me anymore. Companies are spoiling consumers (including me) silly.
Yup. And the problem now is if its not free, your product is not going to get ANY users. I really hope, everyone starts rolling back on freemium, because its hurting everyone (except customers).
The answer above is mostly a joke. But most Indian developers aren't from illustrious backgrounds, so they are simple, hardworking and will make do with peanuts. But yeah they aren't always innovative.
But that's changing rapidly. Indian startups have finally begun pushing back many of the SV startups which have operations in India.