If only the phone operating system allowed you to load applications from somewhere other than the official app store. Someone should make a phone that does that.
capital@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This just in - companies that want to continue doing business in country must follow country’s laws. More at 10.
macrocephalic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
simplejack@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes, but play that tape forward as someone living in China. Lets pretend you wanted to use Signal
- you can’t download Signal’s APK directly from their site. It’s behind the great firewall
- you can’t VPN to their site or services via popular local VPN services. Chinese VPNs are regulated and monitored by the state.
- western VPN services get thrown behind the great firewall and or obscured from search because the government censors Baidu.
Etc etc.
There a ways to pull it off, but China does not make it easy. Android is over 80% of phone sales in China. Censoring comms on Android is the state’s priority.
antidote101@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Meanwhile China is outraged that the US are thinking of banning TikTok.
Cyberjin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
While also having TikTok banned in China 😂