Re:Asia Sentinel Blocked in Singapore
by esperent on Saturday June 03, 2023 @02:03AM
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> Plus, many of these Asian countries don't have enough market ability to support the development of such Internet product domestically. As a result, if you just fully open up your Internet, the majority of the benefit from the action will then be absorbed by some companies located half an earth.
It's not facebook.com that's blocked. It's BBC.com and other news sites.
None of the big companies you're talking about are significantly blocked (outside of China).
Meanwhile there's quite a few homegrown internet companies doing great over here.
Here in Vietnam, shopee.com and lazada.com are the most popular shopping sites.
Zalo is the most popular messaging app by far.
Grab is the most popular ride sharing and food delivery app (in Indonesia it's Gojek).
The only American companies that do have dominance are FB for social media and Google for search. Although maybe TikTok is more popular now.
It's not facebook.com that's blocked. It's BBC.com and other news sites.
None of the big companies you're talking about are significantly blocked (outside of China).
Meanwhile there's quite a few homegrown internet companies doing great over here.
Here in Vietnam, shopee.com and lazada.com are the most popular shopping sites.
Zalo is the most popular messaging app by far.
Grab is the most popular ride sharing and food delivery app (in Indonesia it's Gojek).
The only American companies that do have dominance are FB for social media and Google for search. Although maybe TikTok is more popular now.