Agreed Dianne, I appreciate its not the best place to post this, although developers in China that are looking for a long term platform to work on might say otherwise. If you can suggest a more appropriate place I am happy to post there, just I was hoping that at least on the developer group there was someone connected enough to shed some light on this.
On Nov 27, 9:53 am, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Again, I don't think anyone here can answer these questions. This > discussion is really outside the realm of android-developers, and should > probably be moved elsewhere. > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:12 PM, shimsim <[email protected]> wrote: > > Let's keep politics out of this discussion and also realize that there > > are a number of difference between blocking Twitter, Facebook, Youtube > > (i will use T,F,Y for short), and blocking a service used for > > accessing email and market apps on a mobile phone. > > > 1. Sync is not blocked 24 hours of the day like T,F,Y, and randomly > > starts working throughout the day/night > > 2. Sync is not blocked in all parts of China, T,F,Y is blocked > > everywhere > > 3. T,F,Y have been used for political statements whereas Sync lets us > > collect mail and download apps on our phones > > 4. The app market is already filtered depending on what SIM you have > > in your phone and as far as i know there are no political or porn apps > > on the market > > 5. Whilst T,F,Y are arguably very big business, they are not as > > essential as collecting mail > > 6. Gmail is not being blocked when using a web browser > > > So there are some really big differences here and there must be an > > alternative reason for blocking Sync ... thats what I'm trying to find > > out > > > Is Google aware its being blocked? .... well they are very aware when > > all their services got blocked earlier this year as part of the porn > > crack down and even took the time to make some official statements. > > Google has also spent a lot of time complying with government request > > in the past which is why they were allowed to operate here in the > > first place (they got a lot of stick for that i recall). Also Google > > has at least one office in China and no doubt some of their staff must > > be using Android phones ..... and if they really dont know about this > > problem .... well then .... let me say it again ..... can someone from > > Google please let us Android users in China know why we are being > > blocked? > > > China happens to be the biggest mobile phone market in the world and > > considering Apple are here now (even with a crippled WiFi 3GS, but a > > working app store and mail), you would think that Google pays > > attention to something that makes their phones useless > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
