Ask HN: Do you trust SaaS software made by China teams?

Re:Ask HN: Do you trust SaaS software made by China teams? by leros on Sunday January 21, 2024 @01:23PM (#39081118)

I wouldn't use a Chinese SaaS simply out of fear that it might cause one my customers to not use my service. There are many Chinese things I would use but not SaaS software.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you trust SaaS software made by China teams? by shawnpang on Monday January 22, 2024 @08:24AM (#39089252)

How would your customers find out about this tho.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you trust SaaS software made by China teams? by comprev on Monday January 22, 2024 @09:25AM (#39089823)

When a customer requests an audit of your supply chain as part of their due diligence. For legal reasons they might want to know who _you_ do business with, for example in case of international sanctions.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you trust SaaS software made by China teams? by solardev on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @10:45AM (#39104897)

If your company is subject to the GDPR, I think you have to list subprocessors and where they're located.

Also ping times will probably be an issue.

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Re:Ask HN: Do you trust SaaS software made by China teams? by leros on Saturday January 27, 2024 @12:28PM (#39157601)

There are several different audits a company might need to do. Having a Chinese SaaS as a vendor would definitely prevent me from passing certain audits and doing business with certain customers. At minimum, it would be something I have to disclose and it would be a talking point, so better to just avoid it for simplicity.

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