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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok by croes on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:01PM (#24256941)
So because China doesn't play fair the west doesn't play fair too? So the west becomes like China? Guess China wins because the have proven that the west isn't any better than them. We fell into their trap.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok by dx87 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:21PM (#24257052)
"Turn the other cheek" sounds nice in grade school and self-help blogs, but you can't just let yourself get taken advantage of in order to maintain some arbitrary moral high ground.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok by croes on Sunday August 23, 2020 @10:42PM (#24257133)
It has nothing to do with moral high ground. It's about being the better alternative and about and free markets. But now everybody knows the US will play dirty to protect their it predominance. The way the US acted against Huawei and TikTok showed what could happen to anybody who opposes the will of the US. Even the EU now is looking for alternatives for the IT tech giants. The trust is gone.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok by frequentnapper on Monday August 24, 2020 @03:42AM (#24258302)
No, it shows that the US will no longer tolerate state subsidized corporations from supplanting other corporations trying to play by the rules.
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Re:Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTok by croes on Monday August 24, 2020 @11:07AM (#24261377)
Come on, the US an playing by the rules? The used Echelon to help Boing winning a contract against Airbus. The EU only stopped the investigation because 9/11 happend.
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