brian is live on unlonely
@briang
spicy take regarding chinas firewall: by forcing citizens to use their own countries apps(baidu instead of google, weibo instead of Amazon, wechat instead of like everything), they’ve prevented the export of value/money/data to other countries, and instead kept it for its own citizens.
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Varun Srinivasan
@v
a lot of countries tried putting up economic walls to safeguard their own companies over the last century. it usually made the companies weaker because they weren't exposed to the right stressors, and they struggled to break out globally. it makes winning the local game easier, but the global game harder
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brian is live on unlonely
@briang
second counter: some companies / products are just better. ex: baidu maps is outright better than google or Apple maps - more accurate speed + distance measurements - will tell you if stoplights ahead of you are green or red and for how long - will tell you when there are speed cameras so you slow down - etc
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brian is live on unlonely
@briang
yea but China has a billion people doesn’t need to break out globally it already is by sheer numbers also counter point: companies that are weaker but still in existence > companies that have been outright killed by googles superior tech
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Fastackl.eth
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100%. Countries tend to do this for their most powerful sectors. The US has done this most obviously with its financial sector and capital markets which is why they're so brittle
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