Apple and Google Block Dozens of Chinese Apps in India (techcrunch.com) 12
Two days after India blocked 59 apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with New Delhi's order and are preventing users in the world's second largest internet market from accessing those apps. From a report: UC Browser, Shareit, and Club Factory and other apps that India has blocked are no longer listed on Apple's App Store and Google Play Store. In a statement, a Google spokesperson said that the company had "temporarily blocked access to the apps" on Google Play Store as it reviews New Delhi's interim order. Apple, which has taken a similar approach as Google in complying with New Delhi's order, did not respond to a request for comment. Some developers including ByteDance have voluntarily made their apps inaccessible in India, a person familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. India's Department of Telecommunications ordered telecom networks and other internet service providers earlier this week to block access to those 59 apps "effective immediately." Websites of many of these apps have also become inaccessible in India.
This is fucked up (Score:1)
It shouldn't be so easy to block content on the internet.
We need a new, more robust internet that can route around the damage.
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You mean Tor?
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Blocking is trivial [paloaltonetworks.com]
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We need a new, more robust internet that can route around the damage.
Authoritarian countries will not adopt your new system, so the result will be even greater fragmentation.
Re: This is fucked up (Score:3)
These AppStores are not the Internet. Whatâ(TM)s fucked up is that most people donâ(TM)t realize how much Internet there really is.
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In this case, Apple and Google have removed these apps from their respective stores, while in India. Yet, it is easy enough for others to download these if they want them.
Shameful that India stands alone,where's the West? (Score:2, Insightful)
Why should China get a pass on its human rights abuses? They treat Ughurs, Falun Gong, Muslims, Christians and dissenters like cattle.
In addition China killed Hong Kong as of 1 July. They will try to do the same to anyone that stands in their way.
Every nation that has any decency should stand against China, treat them like North Korea, boycotted at every level.