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That's... not a great analogy. I trust my wife a lot more than I trust Mark Zuckerberg (or Xi Jinping).
by thematrixturtle 4y ago
That's... not a great analogy. I trust my wife a lot more than I trust Mark Zuckerberg (or Xi Jinping).
- TrispusAttucks 4y agoYes but the United States government trusts Mark Zuckerberg more than Xi Jinping.
- bjelkeman-again 4y agoIsn’t it that they can get access to all of Facebooks data on request, but not so with TikTok? I doubt trust comes into it.
- cronix 4y agoOf course they do - they work together. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zqEvQKO5_gM https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zqEvQKO5_gM
- sdfhdhjdw3 4y ago
- lazide 4y agoStatistically, (and not knowing your wife), you’re a lot more likely to get sent to the poor house because of your wife than Mark Zuckerberg.
- gloryjulio 4y agoBecause it's US vs China and companies like Meta/Google/Twitter are already treated poorly in China? Ppl are already asking these kind of questions even long before this, why should we allow companies such as Tiktok while so many 'Western' tech companies are banned in China?
- lakomen 4y agoAre they? Which companies are those?
- lakomen 4y agoWhat? Am I not allowed to question this ridiculous claim?
- dahart 4y agoAre you referring to the claim that there are western tech companies blocked in mainland China? This is a well known fact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_mainland_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_ma...
- mliker 4y agoYou should inform yourself of basic knowledge.
- gloryjulio 4y agoYou must be living under the rock if you don't know many products has been banned in China for many years, notably but not restricted to Facebook, Google, Twitter. https://www.gadgetsnow.com/slideshows/10-popular-apps-and-websites-blocked-in-china/instagram/photolist/76806131.cms https://www.gadgetsnow.com/slideshows/10-popular-apps-and-we... Apple's data in China is handled by China government affiliated entity https://technode.com/2018/01/10/apple-icloud-guizhou/ https://technode.com/2018/01/10/apple-icloud-guizhou/ . China's typical play book in tech field is to have the original products banned and have their own copycat flourish. They are already NOT playing fair.
- 6510 4y agoI trust Xi more than Zuckerberg.
- Aaronstotle 4y agoZuckerberg doesn't disappear people or put them in camps
- cm42 4y agoOTOH, Xi has never imprisoned me for posting satire.
- _-david-_ 4y agoHas Zuckerberg?
- whateveracct 4y agoInternet ban = imprisonment and a human rights violation according to certain HNers lmaooo