> yet when a company is Chinese, it's seen as a big issue? There is an obvious double standard, but remember that a toxic double standard and malicious actions

> yet when a company is Chinese, it's seen as a big issue? There is an obvious double standard, but remember that a toxic double standard and malicious actions (by a state, private group, or individual) are not mutually exclusive. > if word got out, they'd be out of business This is clearly nonsense, because we've seen this happen many times over the last few years. This kind of idealistic view where markets solve monopoly-related problems or overcome state-level power is just an idealized caricature that doesn't really exist in reality. People often stay with bad service either out of ignorance (people are busy and don't always recognize important information immediately, or even have the necessary background knowledge to recognize the situation as a problem. More often, there are other factors that force their decision (e.g. no parent is going to leave a service if it's the only way they can communicate with their kid. Even without those problems, there is a psychological inertia that needs to be overcome when making any change. In reality, I've never met anyone outside the tech industry that actually believes Facebook/Google/etc are truly trustworthy. Most people know they are doing something, shady, but don't have the technical.background and experience required to properly recognize data-related problems. They don't trust the cloud provider, but also don't think it's a problem that affects them directly. Most of the time, it doesn't even matter, because monopoly limits their options, if they even understood that they had a choice.