>>This is perspective on at least one major reason companies like Facebook and Google were blocked in China.
Uh huh is the phrase.
China, like USA and every major country, wants total (and ideally exclusive) control. China can never have that so they banned FB and Google. Chinese versions popped up and they are not missing anything.
I use FB occasionally, and have zero Chinese friends, or Egyptian for that matter. A "FB" clone can do extremely well in just one country; those that have many friends and family in China can join FB clones from Canada, Germany or wherever they are from.
That's a misleading metric, as I'd assume "most people" in any country mostly care about sharing lowbrow content on social media.
Also it's hard to consciously miss what you don't know exists. Apparently some of the sensitive topics in China have been so suppressed that many younger people aren't even aware of them and have few ways of finding out.
Uh huh is the phrase.
China, like USA and every major country, wants total (and ideally exclusive) control. China can never have that so they banned FB and Google. Chinese versions popped up and they are not missing anything.
I use FB occasionally, and have zero Chinese friends, or Egyptian for that matter. A "FB" clone can do extremely well in just one country; those that have many friends and family in China can join FB clones from Canada, Germany or wherever they are from.