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Chinese video platform Bilibili is going global (www.engadget.com)
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[–] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Not remotely possible given google's close ties with the US military and surveillance systems, as well as vertical integration.

But let's pretend they're identical, as a thought experiment:

I would rather have two Googles forced to compete with each other than one monopoly

And as a US consumer I'm much safer having my personal data harvested by a Chinese Google than a US Google. The latter is fully integrated with advertizers and surveillance that have actual legal and economic power over me.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago

    agreed, however both tiktok and grindr prove that the epstein oligarchy will pull every single lever at its disposal to ensure that chinese google will comply with their surveillance.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    that makes sense. i kind of have the same viewpoint as a european, but i think it would be hard to get the average joe to move over if they're similar in data collection policies.

    i don't know what the average viewpoint is but what i hear often is that people here often think of china and usa as similar "devils" (note: i don't agree with this, i think china is a lot better). people are like "these massive countries are the same shit in a different package. america, china, both bad".

    so with that said, i think a lot of people would have issues moving over because they're already used to youtube and everyone's there anyway.

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