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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by iknowstuff on Saturday August 01, 2020 @01:52AM (#24018004)
I disagree. Trade is bilateral. If China plays dirty and bans apps left and right we should encourage them to stop doing that by retaliating, much like we do when they give state aid to their private companies (which skews the free market in their favor).
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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by billfruit on Saturday August 01, 2020 @02:24AM (#24018156)
While this move seems nothing related to any ban by China on US apps.China hasn't banned any major US app within a recent window of time, so I do not think that is the impetus behind this move.

I do not buy that we should do anything by breaking our own constitutional guarantees, by letting the executive mislead the public in assuming powers that they simply do not have.

The President don't have authority to do this, and should not be having it in good sense.

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Re:Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US opera... by mvc on Saturday August 01, 2020 @05:01AM (#24018923)
You think China is the only government that engages in state aid?

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-moderna...

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