it’s literally them using the whole piracy vs streaming service effect to do internet protectionism imo lol, people will pay for stuff when it’s convienent but when you make it annoying (having to swap between several apps while paying 100+ a month etc.), they will just start pirating again. same thing here, make it kinda annoying to access the rest of the internet (which is dominated by english speakers anyways) and the average person just goes “eh fuck that, ima just login to XHS or whatever”
The internet on this side of the firewall sucks donkey ass lol how is that a drawback
Oh no I can’t go on Facebook and see my transphobic great aunt go on racist rants in between ai slop Jesus pictures, how will I ever survive
XI LET ME INNNNNNNN
Also like… my friend is in china rn and she’s able to do everything fine lol
VPNs are pretty readily available and while technically not legal there’s no enforcement. It’s an annoyance but not much more.
it’s literally them using the whole piracy vs streaming service effect to do internet protectionism imo lol, people will pay for stuff when it’s convienent but when you make it annoying (having to swap between several apps while paying 100+ a month etc.), they will just start pirating again. same thing here, make it kinda annoying to access the rest of the internet (which is dominated by english speakers anyways) and the average person just goes “eh fuck that, ima just login to XHS or whatever”
We have seen with TikTok how the US reacts as soon as there is a single mayor foreign platform.
I’m in China rn and can confirm, very very easy to get a VPN
wow, I’m so sorry you’re trapped in the Chinese panopticon with no way to reach the outside world
Can’t access chapo.chat without a VPN
they need to grow their domestic version of chapo.chat, it’s a protectionist policy
hexpanda.cn
lmao yeah that’s a feature