10s of millions of cellphone subscriptions vanishing in China.

I did not know that, though I do recall hearing stuff about portable numbers etc. Do you have a link for that, by chance?

 

Quick Google, there was a thread on it here a while back. Seems to be just new numbers? But I expect they may have included prepays since
https://www.france24.com/en/20191201-china-introduces-mandatory-face-scans-for-new-mobile-users-raising-surveillance-fears

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/02/tech/china-facial-recognition-mobile-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

 

this is a nothing burger.

 

Incredibly fucked up. A true dystopian, surveillance state.

 

And because the scared public in the UK atleast are well scared, they've signed away a lot of rights and will be heading that way soon

 

Wow that's is anti liberty there

 

China is a horror story of dystopian control.

 

Sounds like a nightmare

 

Not only is it not odd, it's completely expected. It would have been odd if subscriptions had not have been lost.

The reason is simple:

• economic downturn - business slowdown / reduced consumer confidence;
• many housebound (with wifi) during lockdown, so less need for cell phones.

What happened in 2008/2009?

 

What if you are in eastern Africa?