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0 pointsaianus6y ago0 comments

> we are no better than the Chinese government who have banned countless "American" apps

If someone punches you (bans your apps, bans your companies from operating and acquiring companies in their country) and you then punch them back (ban their companies from acquiring companies in your country) you are not the same as them.

The order matters and they started it.

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quaquaqua16y ago

What you are saying is that if I punch your child, you should punch mine back as the proper response.

There is no need to harm the second child-- you have to deal solely with the person who threw the first punch in a legal, rational, and fair way.

crematoria6y ago

The problem is that the Chinese government has almost total control over Chinese apps, so American citizens are rightly afraid that Chinese apps might serve as vehicles of Chinese government propaganda.

It's totally okay for both America and China to ban whatever foreign stuff they want, though, and both of them have very good reasons to do so.

quaquaqua16y ago

>Chinese government has total almost total control over Chinese apps

I agree. But watch what happens when you post something bad about an influential person on an American app. The feds pay attention to you more and lean harder on you. The end outcome is the same.

>Ban foreign content

How can we live in a world where it's ok for any government to decide what you can and can't see

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quaquaqua16y ago

What you are saying is that if I punch your child, you should punch mine back as the proper response.

There is no need to harm the second child-- you have to deal solely with the person who threw the first punch in a legal, rational, and fair way.

crematoria6y ago

It's totally okay for both America and China to ban whatever foreign stuff they want, though, and both of them have very good reasons to do so.

quaquaqua16y ago

>Chinese government has total almost total control over Chinese apps

I agree. But watch what happens when you post something bad about an influential person on an American app. The feds pay attention to you more and lean harder on you. The end outcome is the same.

>Ban foreign content

How can we live in a world where it's ok for any government to decide what you can and can't see

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse