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For a long time they didn't know why or if they should ban it. They simply didn't know what to expect of it is open to public so they banned it. How China is d
by msoad 10y ago
For a long time they didn't know why or if they should ban it. They simply didn't know what to expect of it is open to public so they banned it.
How China is dealing with this? Are they allowing people to play Pokemon Go?
- cableshaft 10y agoI imagine there'd be a riot if China banned Pokemon Go. China's one of the top countries for free-to-play mobile game usage, it might even be the top now.
- leojg 10y agoHow does China comes to an Iran thread? I think this issue is more about that for the type of islam practiced in iran any form of representation of images of living beings is a sin.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoAny citation or that? It looks to me you're just raising bullshit accusation. Pokémon Go can be rightfully suspected to be a surveillance device given how it works (geotracking, camera overlays and stuff) and how popular it is among general population. Not every nation is, or wants to be, in bed with the US, so such concerns are no surprise.
- leojg 10y agoAccusation of what? I just telling you that I think that as pokemons are representations of (fictional) beigns, its a sin in the view of some islam branches/currents (I dont know how they are divided) I'm not an expert in any religion and my source is a youtube video which named the fact as a side note. But is just a point... Im not intending to provoke a flamewar... About the "surveillance", I don't buy it, all that the game is doing, is already being done by google itself.
- astronautjones 10y agoActually, the Shia variant practiced the current regime is probably the most lenient of all of the islamic regimes [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniconism_in_Islam https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniconism_in_Islam
- duskwuff 10y agoDoes Pokemon Go even work in China? Geographic data in China is ... weird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_data_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrictions_on_geographic_dat...
- cooper12 10y agoI was surprised to find that Google Maps didn't have any streetviews of China. This might help explain it, though Google's relationship with China itself didn't seem to have fared well. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_China)
- TeMPOraL 10y agoThe answer probably depends on whether Ingress ever worked in China. It seems that southern parts had some level of Ingress activity[0], so it's reasonable to assume there are some Pokémon players there too, likely using VPNs like the Ingressers. [0] - https://www.reddit.com/r/Ingress/comments/3s4abq/ingress_in_china/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Ingress/comments/3s4abq/ingress_in_...
- eva1984 10y agoNiantic is self censored, so Pokemon Go didn't work in China