Outlook is one of the few services approved in China (I have a western friend that lives there and is constantly fighting with VPNs/trying to use the services h

Outlook is one of the few services approved in China (I have a western friend that lives there and is constantly fighting with VPNs/trying to use the services he wants). Outlook pesters you for a Chinese phone number (internet phone doesn't work), probably so it's easier for the users to be tracked. I assume they've made whatever CCP requirements are necessary in order to operate there. That said, they'd at least protect western accounts in the US if they bought TikTok. Like Github and LinkedIn, I think this would be a smart move. Microsoft has also been a lot better stewards of these companies than they were back in the days of the Skype acquisition (2011, Steve Ballmer time). It's still amazing the turn around they've had after Ballmer left, people underestimate the effect of bad leadership at the top.