Re:China Blocks WhatsApp
by dahauns on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @05:59AM
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C'mon. Yandex is older than Google. It's short-sighted and actually rather arrogant to see those platforms like "look at them, how cute, they're playing information society like the grown-ups!".
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"look at them, how cute, they're playing information society like the grown-ups!"
Don't put words in my mouth, I've never said something like that. I just wanted to highlight the fact that most people still prefer local services, either due to language barrier or social/information bubbles to disprove the claim that China would somehow be magically different if there was no Great Firewall.