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JFish
@jfishernc.bsky.social

The Huawei I bought 7 years ago still outperforms every single phone I've ever had. Spying could be legitimate, but it really just sounds like US companies are scared that they're so far behind, and don't want anyone here to know it

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

they were never able to show any evidence that they spied on U.S. users. Also: because we're so corrupt and can't pass privacy laws or regulate data brokers, now every company spies on everyone, constantly now

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

5G, EVs, Huawei, TikTok, AI: our policymakers endlessly claim they're banning Chinese products to protect national security and privacy, but time and time again it's just incoherent bullshit that achieves none of its purported goals, lazily propped up by corporate media

Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

this is, to be clear, not my most popular take I can set my watch to somebody accusing me of defending Chinese authoritarians

Mark Roddy
@markr51.bsky.social

The other side of this dialectic of stupidity is that the tech we attempt to embargo going to China becomes the tech they invest in either developing directly or innovating around. And we create the domestic Chinese market to support that effort.