This is why I’m rooting for Chinese IT to catch up. We need some fucking diversity and competition.
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CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Sure. But that quickly turns into
No Microsoft, google, or Apple. No GitHub, Intel, or AMD. No Facebook or Netflix, Disney, etc.
It is nearly impossible to escape financial involvement with USA companies, and it’s why countries under sanctions from USA are not wealthy.
Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org 2 days ago
Why so you can embrace their level of surveillance? It's why we didn't want Huawei devices.
Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Surveillance is coming whether you want it or not…
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
Corey Doctorow had a presentation this past week at the C3 hacker conference arguing that all our allies only agreed to be ruled by US tech hegemony in exchange for free trade agreements, and if they want a win-win solution to getting f’d, they should repeal their laws against jailbreaking US tech.
Tech sovereignty is already (finally) an issue the rest of the world is waking up to. I hope they go much farther and faster.
fartographer@lemmy.world 2 days ago
But that’s exactly the point. Losing those companies large portions of their customer base will have them quickly lobbying in your favor.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Not selling me on those downsides. Sounds like a much better world without those.
Get the EU and Canada on chip manufacturing and remove the American anti circumvention laws and get the hackers on jailbreaking their tech.
xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 2 days ago
Try selling this idea to the rest of your country’s population.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Canada is already working on cutting American ties and strengthening relations with the EU. Local stores have drastically changed their stock since Canadian citizens stop buying American groceries. Now that Trump bombed Venezuela it’s only going to accelerate the process.
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Have they? Beyond, small, local measures, I haven’t noticed much difference. We still are trying to buy the F-35, we’re just as committed to American software and financial institutions and have no plans nor initiatives to transfer away, we’re doubling down on fossil fuels, much of which will go to the US, and we don’t really even (accurately) label which products are Canadian or not. I don’t know of a single government-led or funded initiative to reduce reliance on the US.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Living without American software would be fine IMO. American silicon is much harder to replace though.
csm10495@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Kind of funny how you said that to no Google, then posted a YouTube link.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s for the stupid normies that refuse to click on other websites.
Here is the original link: …ccc.de/…/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-r…