It's incredibly obnoxious when people type "in my country" as if we're all supposed to just... know where they live. It's also incredibly common. Why do people do this?
The actual country is not relevant, the important part is that countries exist where this is the case. Mentioning the specific country invites potential bias that means people may not take the concern seriously, thinking their country wouldn't do the same.
It takes less time to search and find that Anatel is the Brazilian telecom agency than it does to type that comment.
They do marvellous things like mandate weird Brazilian Android games on the phone I bought in Brazil.
It's incredibly obnoxious when people type "in my country" as if we're all supposed to just... know where they live. It's also incredibly common. Why do people do this?
The actual country is not relevant, the important part is that countries exist where this is the case. Mentioning the specific country invites potential bias that means people may not take the concern seriously, thinking their country wouldn't do the same.
I usually say that to let people know: I'm not from the US and i'm not comfortable letting people know which country i am living in.
Image asking someone where they’re from only to be told a US state, and only the state.
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> mandate weird Brazilian Android games on the phone I bought in Brazil.
Uhm, this sounds more like something from the Ministry of Culture, maybe some tax incentive for manufacturers promoting local productions.
I could be wrong though. Curious to know if Anatel has issued any ordinance in this regard, just did a quick search but could find nothing so far.
But now I do not have to google that.
When I google ANATEL, it comes up as Brazil