The US could force a platform ban on Byte Dance which owns both - see Huawei
Vast majority of Chinese still use iOS and Android platforms despite them being Western
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Vast majority of Chinese still use iOS and Android platforms despite them being Western
Good luck trying to do that platform ban on Douyin
The app itself can work just fine without Google Play, while updates can be handled rather easily by in-app popups which will require only two-three more clicks compared to GPlay update. Considering how popular TikTok is and how many people are using it as a primary social media source, then this will be a minor nuisance at best. Muricans might need to learn how to use VPN tho.
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What a bunch of US airlines crybabies.
Instead of asking for baning of foreign airlines flying over Russia from landing in the US, why don't you (the US airlines) lobby the US government into doing actions that would allow US planes to be able to fly over Russia again instead, huh?!
Fvcking ret4rds.
On the other hand, if such bans become a reality, how should China respond?
Instead of asking for baning of foreign airlines flying over Russia from landing in the US, why don't you (the US airlines) lobby the US government into doing actions that would allow US planes to be able to fly over Russia again instead, huh?!
Fvcking ret4rds.
On the other hand, if such bans become a reality, how should China respond?
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Not sure what are you talking about. Chinese smartphones companies have their own app system that Google has no control whatsoever. If Apple wanted to ban Douyin, then Apple is finished. Last time Apple tried to go against Tencent, it folded very quickly because users have threatened to abandon Apple for Wechat. Beside, the Chinese government would ban Apple if it tried something like this.
Huawei has never had any problem selling it smartphones in China with its own system. It is the ban on chips that caused Huawei to lose the ability to produce top tier phones.
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Chinese mobile devices (outside of Apple) rely on Android derivatives, do they not? Google has a high degree of control over any Android platform that isn't actively being developed as a fork (like Harmony OS), because core Android updates come through them. Chinese companies like Xiaomi, Vivo, and Oppo do consumer side customization of the platform, but they do not do core Android platform development. If the US bans access to Android updates, it's going to be a huge blow to any of those individual companies.
The US is smart enough, as I said above, to not do a country wide ban on Android because they prefer to channel resources into "useful idiot" companies. So say they wanted to target Xiaomi - they could just cut that company's access to Android updates, while still allowing it to Vivo and Oppo, causing the latter to gain a competitive advantage because they'll be able to benefit from Android platform upgrades while Xiaomi would be stuck with an older version with all the attendant bugs, security vulnerabilities, and feature deficiencies.
This is part of how they targeted Huawei; of course, the other arm is the chips ban, which works the same way, but with a higher barrier of entry.
Only countries that recognize the ICC can arrest Putin and extradite, in all there are about 123 countries with the US not included, because even they themselves do not recognize the ICC. With this arrest warrant issued by the ICC, Putin cannot enter the following countries filled in by the color green:
It should be noted that in these countries your status as head of state is not valid and, if you enter, you can be arrested and extradited by the national government, if this does not happen, it is very likely that there will be sanctions against the country that recognizes the ICC and has not arrested Putin .
This is more than just a symbolic measure.