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Chinese video platform Bilibili is going global to challenge Youtube
The China-centric video sharing platform is expanding with a new international app and an English version of its website – with no identity verification (for now at least)
www.engadget.com/2241074/chinese-video-platform-bilibili-is-going-global/
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Replying to @artifex@piefed.zip
Tbh, i hope it doesn’t take off since chinese companies are forced to hand their user data to the chinese government
Edit: i am NOT saying that USA services are better, fuck both
I’d rather it go to the Chinese government since they’re not the ones actively lording over me.
I’d rather not go with any of the 2 tbh
Right. Except you can’t influence the Chinese government. Whereas you can, if you are American, influence the American government (through elections, say). And the American government can, in turn, possibly influence the tech companies. And they do. See: the antitrust enforcement in the Biden administration.
As an American, I can’t say I’d be terribly enthused about using a YouTube competitor based in a foreign country. And China is quite foreign to us as far as countries go. And I use YouTube constantly.