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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by chrisco255 on Friday August 07, 2020 @04:12AM (#24079558)
Windows and Office are neutral applications. They're not social communication or information platforms. And hardly anyone uses Bing in China.
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by burfog on Friday August 07, 2020 @04:41AM (#24079748)
They are not neutral applications.

Windows has settings for timezone, language, currency, and more. Using the software sold in China, can you choose Taiwan or is it called Chinese Taipei? What do the maps show for the South China Sea, for the border with India, and for Tibet?

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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by jjcc on Friday August 07, 2020 @01:37PM (#24084507)
You are right. Anything that is not likely cause ideological polarization would be free to make money in China. So it's not really economical motivated policy as the narrative from the White House
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days by em500 on Friday August 07, 2020 @05:09AM (#24079917)
Skype / Microsoft Teams and iMessage work in China. So being American owned communicators / subject to American espionage are not sufficient to get banned in China.
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