Posts by sidqq

Resistance is FUTILE

Freedom is an illusion, according to the late political genius George Carlin. So, boycotting US cloud tech is futile. Any other political borders in mind? How about rooting for cloud tech. in China? My point it simply this: governments aren't the ones to worry about, it's the companies. The church once ruled, then the politicians and now, we're seeing the emergence the corporation and multinational conglomerates - and it's only the beginning. When companies like Google, Facebook and Yahoo oversee most of our daily electronic communication and snoop for commercial purposes, we seem to be alright with that. Even if we are not alright with it, we have no recourse because corporations legalize their wrong-doing in fine print - it's too bad most governments can't and don't do the same. The truth is, there's no privacy, no freedom of speech, freedom of choice, etc. And if you store unencrypted files somewhere on the internet, someone somewhere is liable to read it. The next question is, why do these companies not provide and simplify a process of encrypting your own before sending it to them?

If it is Protectionism, it's nothing new to foreign companies in China

There's no such thing as 'free enterprise' for Foreign companies in China. They're subjected to a different set of rules and regulations compared to Chinese companies and usually have to form joint ventures with Chinese companies.

Chinese regulations have been shutting out and causing many problems for foreign companies - while Chinese companies are freely doing business abroad - often profiting from intellectual properties that they've stolen (sorry, had to stuck the truth in there). I'm happy that there's sign some real 'Chinese equality'.

This is slightly off topic, but if you're a foreigner in China, you'll see that the rights you have in China are almost nil while at the same time they are treated equality when they visit our countries.