>credit score

Non-existent in the country I live in. There's a national registry of debtors and people end up there for a very good reason.

>Linkedin, Amazon

There's no reason to consider these to be essential services, I am not using either and I'm doing perfectly fine in life.

>Instagram

LOL

>Uber, Airbnb

There are several copycats, traditional taxis and hotels are still a thing and public transportation or your own car are valid alternatives

What even is this article? I skimmmed the rest of it and it just seems like the crux of the article is about proving how China's systems are actually fine while ommitng the fact that their systems are mandated by the state. Is Chinese propaganda what makes it to the front page of HN nowadays?

> Is Chinese propaganda what makes it to the front page of HN nowadays?

Yep. Because USA is a country which still ostensibly has free speech norms in its society, so you could get human rights commentary one day, foreign propaganda another day (even though the federal Trump government arrests political opponents), where meanwhile many human rights movements are banned in China. As the Soviets would say in the early 20th century, "And you are lynching Negroes". False equivalence is the bread and butter of authoritarian propaganda. By equating the two, we may fail to distinguish right from wrong and slide further toward authoritarianism.

This is a predominantly American website with American users. Your experience is of little relevance here.