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lol, wordpress needs marketing? it's only like 90% of the blogs online uses it? it's unlikely for a user to know bitcoin, but unaware of wordpress. Bitcoin is far less well known compared to wordpress.

Established brand names need marketing too. How do you think one stays on top. Here's an example. Why did Google leave China?

Google left China because the Chinese government hate it, and actively ban its services, not because of any marketing reasons.

Lol. Google refused to comply with the Chinese government. That refusal is marketing. You fell for it.

'If you want a free and open internet ...'

How do you think they get the American public to sign petitions that help google choose the rules?

Give up and pull out from the 2nd largest economy in the world, for marketing? That doesn't sound right.

It does if you know that the government plans to intervene to marginalize you anyways. You might as well make failure look like taking the high road.

Well then your point is invalid, you said they pulled out for "marketing", but now you are saying they pulled out because of the Chinese government, and marketing is just an after thought. Which seems to me you are agreeing with my original point that Google pulled out China because the Chinese government hate them and banned many of their products.

Not really agreeing with you, but not saying you are wrong either. Google could have complied, but likely would have been marginalized eventually anyway. Compliance is the most directly profitable approach, but acting like China's slave is bad for marketing.