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> US intelligence activities are actively harmful to American commercial interests because they destroy trust, particularly from customers elsewhere in the worl
by atmosx 10y ago
> US intelligence activities are actively harmful to American commercial interests because they destroy trust, particularly from customers elsewhere in the world.
I think, they actively harm US corporations because they fundamentally destroy trust of US citizens too.
- travmatt 10y agoYea but they're still going to buy the products. Foreigners, especially foreign corporations, are the portion of the market whose buying decision is most sensitive towards these issues.
- Bartweiss 10y agoOn one hand, I actually do see domestic harms. People are a bit less inclined to use Yahoo, and a bit more inclined to use Apple, because of their different levels of pushback. I agree, though, that this is a much smaller issue than the loss of foreign sales. Surveillance won't kill US iPhone usage, but it could probably destroy Cisco's foreign markets.