That's easy to say when it's not your life on the line. Would you risk losing your apartment, your phone and internet, your ability to feed yourself and also be divorced from everyone you know and try to survive outside of society with no lifeline? I have over 4000 facebook friends and I wouldn't give a damn if Facebook was shut down tomorrow. This is not like just banning facebook. This is like banning iMessage, Apple Pay, Paypal, Swipe, Mastercard, Visa, cashApp, Whatsapp, Google, Amazon, DoorDash, Uber, and any bill payment services you use, in a society that doesn't take cash or use any other communication apps. If you think this is about "easier", you're not understanding the gravity of the situation. It would be easier to survive in the US if the government banned you from having a drivers license, insurance and bank account and banned you from any government services as well. That's the only way I can communicate how important this company is to China and people living here. When I go to collect my passport at the entry exit administration, I use wechat. There isn't really any analogue in the US.

I have no interest in arguing with people who I agree with on almost every issue, but you really aren't understanding how big this is or the kind of fallout this will have among Chinese and Americans.

That's easy to say when it's not your life on the line. Would you risk losing your apartment, your phone and internet, your ability to feed yourself and also be divorced from everyone you know and try to survive outside of society with no lifeline? I have over 4000 facebook friends and I wouldn't give a damn if Facebook was shut down tomorrow. This is not like just banning facebook. This is like banning iMessage, Apple Pay, Paypal, Swipe, Mastercard, Visa, cashApp, Whatsapp, Google, Amazon, DoorDash, Uber, and any bill payment services you use, in a society that doesn't take cash or use any other communication apps. If you think this is about "easier", you're not understanding the gravity of the situation. It would be easier to survive in the US if the government banned you from having a drivers license, insurance and bank account and banned you from any government services as well. That's the only way I can communicate how important this company is to China and people living here. When I go to collect my passport at the entry exit administration, I use wechat. There isn't really any analogue in the US.