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Western countries, at least the ones I've lived in, don't often out-right ban software. It's unpopular and likely to garner scrutiny from both the press and con
by nness 3y ago
Western countries, at least the ones I've lived in, don't often out-right ban software. It's unpopular and likely to garner scrutiny from both the press and constituents, but largely, it's a political grenade — you have to constantly fight the software suppliers each release; it's a signal to businesses that the government is not going to protect your commercial interests; and philosophically it's just over-reach.
Banning TikTok is akin to "banning all apps from a country" and the obvious response will be that country will ban your apps in return... and businesses operating in those countries may be quite unhappy to find their market evaporate.
- Sabinus 3y ago>the obvious response will be that country will ban your apps in return I agree in general, although in this particular most Western apps are banned in TikTok country of origin anyway.
- miroljub 3y agoTikTok is published by ByteDance, a public company incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Can you tell which "western apps" are banned in Cayman Islands?
- goriloser 3y agoAnd Microsoft/Apple/Facebook sells stuff in Europe through a company incorporated in Ireland. Does that make those companies Irish?
- Sabinus 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ByteDance It's a Chinese company. The location of incorporation is pretty tangential to the discussion of app censorship.