dolkycape

I don't see why non-US companies should "vote with their wallet" by over-spending so that they can have a US supply chain instead of a Chinese supply chain. They're both foreign, outside their control and vulnerable to political stunts.

If you rent in the cloud for 24 us cent per hour it works out to £195 in year with 3hr/day gaming. An Xbox Series X costs like £650 so the extra £45 you pay for streaming from a data center means your purchased Xbox will take ~15 years to pay for itself.

The companies that win in the market are the companies that are modeled to win, not the ones modeled for justice and accountability.

To be less reductive, companies are owned by capitalists and they prefer autocracy for obvious reasons.

The professional licensing group is what creates the culture of responsibility. Most developers would be happy to have that as it would limit supply and increase wages considerably.

That's a lot of money for a buggy product that is at best slightly better than its competitors.

As far as I know it has never happened. On the contrary, when Alejandro Caceres admitted to ddosing North Korea - taking down all their public websites for a week - he was questioned by the FBI who decided to take no further action.

https://www.wired.com/story/p4x-north-korea-internet-hacker-...

So hostile countries should be fair game for Americans who want a side-hustle. Plenty of Russian targets that could be profitable.

Doctors do that all the time though. That's why drugs are dispensed by a pharmacist who double checks it.