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I get it, but also can you imagine a foreign country banning Amazon because "it means the US can see what you're up to and it gets to choose what deals to push at you" etc?
I mean.. Facebook for god's sake..
Being protectionist makes sense sometimes but it screws you over when other countries start banning your apps in favour of home grown alternatives..
The People's Republic of China has banned Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, etc). Brazil has banned Twitter and the European Union is considering it.
Ah well that makes sense then
It really doesn't. Banning Tiktok is banning certain types of speech. Same goes for Twitter/X and Meta. It's like banning a book because it was heavily influenced by an adversary country.
Brazilians and Europeans should be very angry about doing anything that resembles banning speech.
I didn't mean it makes sense as in I agree. I meant, 'oh, a lot of this is going on and it fits in'