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chrome or Firefox are both extremely slow on Android compared to Tuga or Yubrowser, not talking about some synthetic benchmarks but noticeable difference when loading (nonAMP) pages

like you can post anything else in social networks in China workout repercussions there is reason why Chinese rappers rap about food

judging by success of xiaomis international expansion one would think he was fired, they are pretty much only in India and withdrawn from Brazil and Singapore, so his presence was utter failure and it…

done this too followed later by deleting account because what's the point after all as for never who want to contact me feel free to use signal, sms, email or calls, also running Skype Mingo for …

and that's why i use network firewall (AFwall+ is the best option) for apps where network access ain't main functionality

is there such thing as closed sourced Chinese app which ain't shady? i am yet to see one after years spend in China i hope everyone already switched from shady SuperSU to PHH superuser only Chine…

why not built in superuser anymore?

please, i was living in China more than 5 years, Chinese government won't let me to video chat with my family, every single app was blocked unless i wanted my family to install Chinese spyware on…

we have it, is just not app but it's called Android not sure what's the difference between having million apps and functions hidden within one app instead of having them separated between mo…

i don't use neither of them, neither does my father, so how exactly are they gonna win? Western environment is way too fragmented

nobody censor your private communication in western apps. WeChat does. nobody delete your anti government rant on Facebook. wechat does.

Facebook messenger had built in apps it's mostly because WeChat has gov protected monopoly over China, while Western chat apps operate in fragmented environment so it's really difficult to c…

there is no such thing as internet in China, correct word here for North Korea 2.0 is intranet, it's like calling something with 20% milk fat content butter

well if she doesn't mind reporting everything to Chinese government in that piece of spyware (you can't even launch it with blocked location permission) and have censored speech with deleted…

it's not similar, WeChat competition is blocked by Chinese government, kakao operates in free market

yes, there is first check to get even inside train station, you must have ticket, then right after that is security check, then in some stations there is another check to enter boarding room, then to …

it's easy to grow from rock bottom

as someone who lived better half of decade in China I don't find it that amazing 1. growth of HSR meant less and less slower trains = higher prices of tickets, less available to poorer people 2. …

argument to install Signal is pretty easy - I just ask Android users if they use Facebook Messenger to manage SMS. if answer is negative I propose why not use different nice SMS client called Signal w…

most of the office jobs are really irrelevant, you can either get in peace with that or change profession if you wanna do really something meaningful or try to find positives how your affect people&#x…

You can get them in major European electronics chains, no need any shady reseller. They are pricier than online but you will get clean software and two year warranty while price is still beating close…

nobody stops you from taking advantage of cheap Xiaomi hardware and then installing Lineage or whatever custom ROM you like there, that's what i did with my two Xiaomi phones and will do in futur…

pretty much all children books in China include under Chinese characters also pinyin, exactly because it's used to teach children i would not say pinyin didn't play role in increasing litera…

most languages maybe, not so sure about most of the population when already India and China have more than 37% of works population plus most of the Muslim world and you end up with fact you are just r…

though T9 typing ain't as accurate as QWERTY, my wife was very happy to switch to Google pinyin keyboard which support QWERTY layout unlike most of the Chinese keyboards which use T9 which must g…