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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by mynameisvlad on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:14AM (#34710142)
That Dell was still certainly made in China. And the SSD, while not manufactured in China, likely had components which were.

It's practically impossible to avoid it.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by daveguy on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:27AM (#34710400)
I think the point is they haven't purchased a new one in 10 years. Therefore, no more purchase from China.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by mynameisvlad on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:32AM (#34710507)
I mean Xi has been president for the last 10 years, so even that Dell would have supported ol' Winnie.

For someone with such a strong anti-china stance (enough to create a throwaway), I'd expect full devotion to the cause.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by soperj on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:56AM (#34710905)
I think you're letting perfect be the enemy of good.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by nordsieck on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:23AM (#34710337)
IMO, the best one can practically do is to just buy used.

It's not 0 support, but it's a lot less than buying new.

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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by pantalaimon on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:39AM (#34710603)
Used hardware usually has better support in Linux anyway.
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Re:Turkey blocks Twitter after the earthquake by throwawayccp on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:05PM (#34711052)
Laptop was purchased before XI became president.

Agree we can't avoid completely but still doing something is better than nothing.

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