>If you want to do business with the west, you follow its rules or you stick to doing business with your own sphere of influence only. unless those same rules

>If you want to do business with the west, you follow its rules or you stick to doing business with your own sphere of influence only. unless those same rules are applied to american businesses doing work in other countries to follow their specific rules and then all hell breaks loose. case in point, https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/exclusive-visa-complains-us-govt-about-india-backing-local-rival-rupay-2021-11-28/ https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/exclusive-visa-comp... https://www.paymentscardsandmobile.com/mastercard-files-complaint-against-indian-protectionism/ https://www.paymentscardsandmobile.com/mastercard-files-comp... So, mastercard/visa goes back to big daddy when they dont get their share of the pie according to their way, as opposed to the law of the land so they ask the big daddy to big dick them into submission. same with many big american tech companies who apply american laws (dmca for example) on foreign users "because the data is held with american companies/DCs") and many other such examples