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IP adresses don't matter much - China has a lot of them and in the worst case, they could simply reroute them at the firewall and reuse them internally. Androi
by Sebb767 5y ago
IP adresses don't matter much - China has a lot of them and in the worst case, they could simply reroute them at the firewall and reuse them internally.
Android is fully open source, oonly the play store is controlled by Google. China already has a lot of alternatives (and have a look at Huawei on how well that block worked).
Windows would put hurt a bit, yes, but cracked versions of it are not a rarity. Additionally, there's always Linux. So unless MS remote-wipes their machines (and kill themselves by doing so), it would probably not hurt either.
And if the country is smaller, like Nigeria, China will be happy to offer their help for a bit of political influence.
- baybal2 5y ago> And if the country is smaller, like Nigeria, China will be happy to offer their help for a bit of political influence. And why not to let them? Half the kingdom for a privilege to kill somebody's Facebook page? A very good trade. Dictators are even more well aware than democracies what opening the door to Beijing means. They will rather not to.