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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by dbasedweeb on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:16PM (#16973300)
On one hand I agree with you, but on the other... why is this Amazon’s place? I don’t agree with how China censors, but what gives a private US entity the right to try and override that in this way? Their place is to choose to, or not to do business with China, not what amounts to a political operation. I think it’s fair to say that it’s the job of governments and intelligence agencies, and some things shouldn’t be privatized.
Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by nojvek on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:31PM (#16973384)
A lot of companies have to bend to China, Brazil and others. They want to make money, they have to follow by their rules.

Google was ballsy to exit from China, but I doubt others are the same.

Wall Street judges a company by how much money it makes. GDP is how countries and govts are judged. The metric is delivering the result.

Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by zero_intp on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @06:09AM (#16975502)
I think it is disingenuous to say that countries are judged by persons and other nations by GDP alone.
Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by koide on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @06:45AM (#16975685)
It's also disingenuous to suppose Google exited China because of principles...