electric_nan

Typical security advice is to turn off "find me by my number" in the Signal security settings. You may well have friends who use Signal, but have turned that setting off. You may consider turning it off yourself. Also, you should turn off "see my number" on the same settings screen.

OG here too. I remember when they first supported voice calls. It was a separate app called redphone.

These reactions just seem a little overwrought to me. I'm sure everyone commenting watches plenty of YouTube, but the mere mention of a Chinese platform brings dire warnings and energetic condemnations. Like maybe it does suck, but most people here wouldn't really know! That's my point-- that it's crazy to have such strong opinions about something that you have no experience with.

So... what? You're against this becoming more accessible outside of China?

OK?

I'm missing your point. I started interacting with Chinese people on XHS.

I just dislike the traditional framing of things like "unfair" in contexts like this. It's always been used by dominant powers to destroy any domestic capacity. In this example, if China had never put up any barriers to foreign tech, they would have none of their own at all by now.

What is an unfair advantage?

People in this thread having a normal one, predictably. Like even if (or especially if) you genuinely believe that China is the evil monster you were raised to believe, wouldn't you be at least a little bit curious to get a window into their online culture? Don't you want an opportunity for more interaction between Chinese and US/Western netizens?

The US could never bring such a fantasy to reality. Anyone who still believes they could after the debacle with Iran should apply for a cabinet position.

Do you know where all the iphones in the US were made?

To the data centers! Liberate RAM, for the people!