> the ban encourages a long term move away from US-based tech as alternatives are needed within China. China blocked Google play years ago and repeatedly block

> the ban encourages a long term move away from US-based tech as alternatives are needed within China. China blocked Google play years ago and repeatedly blocks every attempt Google tries to make to relaunch back into china [0] so they did that a long time ago. [0]: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/google-misses-out-on-billions-in-china.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/google-misses-out-on-billion...