• chaogomu@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      29
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      18 hours ago

      Eh, it’s actually a wash. China did the exact same shit with different key words. They were just smarter about it.

      And most of the censorship was in China.

      Because China is a totalitarian dictatorship, and is no ones friend.

      Just because the US is shit, doesn’t make China any better. The world isn’t black and white, it’s mostly black and dark grey.

      • Lembot_0006@programming.dev
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        7
        ·
        17 hours ago

        So China-ownership was better because it censored China-related stuff in China and didn’t care much about other themes in other countries. It is exactly what your colorful analogy means. The world isn’t black and white indeed:)

        • chaogomu@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          11
          arrow-down
          4
          ·
          17 hours ago

          Except for the subtle Chinese propaganda constantly fed to the rest of the world. Now the propaganda is blatant enough for people to abandon the app, so the world is technically better for the US seizure. The app went to shit, but it was already pretty bad, so no net loss there.

    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      14 hours ago

      Maybe to left leaning Americans. To a European like me they look essentially identically bad and promote authoritarianism. I wouldn‘t use either version.