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I betcha if Baidu were to get any significant traffic from the US it would be a different story.
by chvid 8y ago
I betcha if Baidu were to get any significant traffic from the US it would be a different story.
- jtrip 8y agoCan you do a little better than a 'betcha'? A few pertinent examples of America interfering on behalf of mega-corps would do. I know they are there out there, but I can't recall them right now.
- chvid 8y agoI think the "ban" of Huawei gives some hints on what might happen. Of course it would look different since the "customers" here are private citizens rather than corporations.
- cm2012 8y agoJust like we banned Toyota and Honda when they started destroying GM and Ford's marketshare. Or like how we banned Samsung when they started competing with Apple. Or...
- chvid 8y agoThese companies are from Japan and South Korea, and the companies don't really have access to data in the way a Google-like company has. This is more about security (surveillance, maybe even military security) than business.
- nrow 8y agoThat isn't how these things work, not even in China. You don't just ban companies. You create an environment were public opinion, the legal framework and government investment favors your own companies. The Toyota "braking scandal", Apple litigation against Samsung, automotive bailouts and trade tariffs are all part of that.
- gonvaled 8y agoLet me continue that for you: - or when you apply illegal tariffs n steel, cars and whatnot - when you apply sanctions to a country respecting the commitments it signed and so forth ...