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Re:US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove Tik... by solaarphunk on Monday December 16, 2024 @01:18AM (#42428429)
Just like US companies are beholden to national security letters that can compel them to spy on non-US persons who may be users of their product?
Re:US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove Tik... by Dylan16807 on Monday December 16, 2024 @01:25AM (#42428459)
If other countries ban US websites for specifically that reason, I applaud them.

Especially if they do it without being hypocritical.

Re:US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove Tik... by est on Monday December 16, 2024 @01:29AM (#42428488)
China will not only ban American companies or services next, Xi will probably ban the US dollar.
Re:US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove Tik... by wordofx on Monday December 16, 2024 @01:40AM (#42428545)
The funny thing is. China can talk about removing the U.S. dollar and trade when Yen. But they need a stable currency to convert between and so conversion is still done with the U.S. dollar. The U.S. dollar won’t be removed from trade in our life time.
Re:US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove Tik... by seanmcdirmid on Monday December 16, 2024 @01:44AM (#42428565)
China doesn’t let the RMB float freely, so trade still happens in dollars. Also, the American government buys a lot of treasuries, so it’s easy to save a few billion quickly when you need to, which isn’t really supported by any other currency…saving money by lending it to the USG conversely prevents it from re-entering your own economy and stoking inflation (China isn’t the only country to use the USA like that, Japan buys more treasuries than China usually).
Re:US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove Tik... by seanmcdirmid on Monday December 16, 2024 @01:30AM (#42428494)
That won’t happen. China would be more angry if the USA all of a sudden didn’t let them participate in treasury auctions.
Re:US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove Tik... by est on Monday December 16, 2024 @01:35AM (#42428524)
You know there's a rumor saying Trump/Xi would trade Taiwan with US treasury bonds.
Re:US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove Tik... by OWMYT on Monday December 16, 2024 @02:24AM (#42428766)
Are you suggesting that only a "perfect" government gets to counter the Chinese government's attacks?
Re:US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove Tik... by arcticbull on Monday December 16, 2024 @01:25AM (#42428460)
No, not like that.
Re:US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove Tik... by sschueller on Monday December 16, 2024 @02:14AM (#42428732)
Yes, it's exactly like that.