Then again in a country that is under the iron fist of their government it's not like it matters anyway. Remember the last time the chinese people came out to try and protest?

People getting run over by tanks is a pretty good government system eh. =|

in b4 it doesnt.
in during everyone who isnt a moron can avoid an internet filter.

Enjoy your shitty laws that cannot be circumvented by knowledge.



Two angles; google isnt getting the market share they wanted to they QQd back to hong kong or,
Google is pro human-rights.

It's an OK move but it doesnt really change anything because internet filters are extremely easy to get around anonymously.

You think some average Wei (see what i did there? It's like average joe but Chinese) would even bother to bypass a filter? Doubt it.

The filters must have had a huge impact because all the less curious and enthusiastic people (read: vast majority) were happily gobbling up whatever google.cn showed them.

Ye, getting around filters is something that would take specific know how, and if said know how was filtered, they might not have been able to learn it.

Either way, I like google. They are one of the few corporations I actually do like.

Finally Google sees some common sense.

You've actually got it the wrong way round'. China ended google

http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/beast-file-google

Yes, much respect for Google for doing this.


inb4 you realise that all internet speed will be reduced by 10%, at the least (40% was the worst), so even if you avoid the filter you still have to deal with that. Which makes Aus's already mediocre internet far below standard.

in b4 you realise that the main uses for internet speeds over 5 mbps is to
a. Avoid local law (i.e. Piracy and viewing of illegal materials and stream/download pornography if you are underage)
b. Brag about your sweet-ass ping and connection speeds; pings that are actually below human reaction thresholds (hurr why not connect to a closer server?)
c. Compensate for shit netcodes in FPS games that should have been written better in the first place.


in b4 you realise that several ISPs (iinet, for example) have publicly stated that if the internet censorship has a significant impact on speeds and actually does go ahead (doubtful) they will move offshore to avoid the laws.

in b4 you realise that, since America is censoring EDUCATIONAL BOOKS, censoring the internet is a rather small step and if Australia goes ahead and it proves successful, half of the western world will follow

in b4 you post worthless comments about things you know very little about

in during you dont realise that compression methods are getting much better and internet speeds are getting faster (it's called relativity).

HAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHA

As if the world cares what australia does.

but, seriously. This is a great move by google. Most people in china probably didn't have the know-how to avoid the filter and freedom of information is so valuable in the modern world. It's a real step in the right direction.