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Re:Bring back menus, QR codes are terrible by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @03:31PM (#27680661)
> I use Google Fi which gives has agreements with providers in almost every country, I had data as soon as I walked off the plane in China

That sounds really nice...and a bit surprising considering nothing else Google works in China without a VPN.

So...does it also work as a normal phone with a Chinese number so you can logon to wifi at Starbucks in China?

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Re:Bring back menus, QR codes are terrible by whimsicalism on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @03:36PM (#27680720)
> a bit surprising considering nothing else Google works in China without a VPN.

It is a bit surprising, although Google does have offices in China. It also has a VPN built in, which I recall would intermittently bypass the GFW.

> So...does it also work as a normal phone with a Chinese number so you can logon to wifi at Starbucks in China?

No, I don't think so, but I had unlimited data.

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Re:Bring back menus, QR codes are terrible by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @05:04PM (#27681710)
Were you in Guangzhou by any chance? They weird connections for foreigners that bypass the firewall, things that don’t exist in Beijing or Shanghai.
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Re:Bring back menus, QR codes are terrible by whimsicalism on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @05:06PM (#27681736)
No, I was in Beijing, Kunming, and Shanghai. But I honestly don't recall the specifics of the firewall bypass - I was using Outline (another Google sponsored project, funnily enough) to skip it most of the time anyways.
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