Just wanted to point out that this whole ecosystem is built on the principle of "censorship first." If you take a look at the docs [1], you'll notice that they're not hosted on GitHub (which allows content critical of the CCP), but rather on Gitee, which is a Chinese-grown alternative. Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and you'll see the option "违法和不良信息举报中心": "Control Panel for Reporting Illegal and Harmful Information." Virtually all Chinese apps are designed from the ground-up to support purging information deemed undesirable (there's a great in-depth discussion of this system from someone who worked at 抖音, China's TikTok) [2].
I find it ironic that this new toolkit, designed to entice we software developers onto platforms designed for total Chinese state control, is being released on the eve of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Masacre. The technology may be interesting, but please also consider the baked-in issues around censorship and privacy.
I find it ironic that this new toolkit, designed to entice we software developers onto platforms designed for total Chinese state control, is being released on the eve of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Masacre. The technology may be interesting, but please also consider the baked-in issues around censorship and privacy.
[1] https://gitee.com/openharmony/docs/blob/master/en/release-no...
[2] https://www.protocol.com/china/i-built-bytedance-censorship-...