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There's a tiny bit of substance here, but what's amusing is how out of touch with reality they are on some comparisons. For example: “You’ve got people spendin
by fidotron 12y ago
There's a tiny bit of substance here, but what's amusing is how out of touch with reality they are on some comparisons. For example:
“You’ve got people spending their time figuring out how to send a file instead of getting their work done.”
This happens in every company with an internet connection.
"That has led to the rise of a number of locally run application stores, which analysts say will sometimes market pirated copies of software or charge extra to promote a new application."
So the piracy problem doesn't happen so much in the west, but the objection here is that simply advertising on Facebook or Google isn't going to get you a global audience because someone has split off part of the market. This is like saying how terribly inconvenient it is that not everyone in the world watches US based TV channels.
- oevi 12y agoI live in China (I'm from Europe) and the article is a really good representation of the daily work life here. Without a good VPN service the internet feels like half of the stuff is missing. Ironically the NY Times is also blocked in China. - "This happens in every company with an internet connection." Yes, that's right. Now multiply this by 100. As described in the article, the internet is not only censored but also unreliable. Some sites work only sometimes, others break silently. If you work for an international company, the websites and services your western colleagues use, will not work for you (dropbox, fb, google, xing, etc). - "This is like saying how terribly inconvenient it is that not everyone in the world watches US based TV channels" No, the whole point of the internet is to be accesible from everywhere. Advertisers on US based TV channels target an US audience. If I release an Android app on the Play Store, I expect it to be downloadable by everyone with internet access.
- esturk 12y agoNY Times has been blocked in China ever since the former released information about the ex-premier Wen Jiabao's family fortune.