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USA is right to fear them. Spying issues aside (for a second) here is this giant company that easily take over the worldwide smartphone market. The very things
by onetimemanytime 8y ago
USA is right to fear them. Spying issues aside (for a second) here is this giant company that easily take over the worldwide smartphone market. The very things USA has controlled since Jobs and Gates started. Oh, and they can spy on everyone.
For the "You too" crowd: Yes, NSA spies on whatever they can. But you do not see Apple or Google doing what NSA wants. I have a feeling that Huawei doesn't have the option of going to Federal Court where highly educated and appointed-for-life judges decide. impartially.
- spectramax 8y agoI really feel that HN has some really unusual behavior when criticizing China. Almost always, HN defends China by throwing rocks at US. It is really baffling.
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- luckylion 8y agoI'm reading this differently. To most Americans, the issue is pretty clear: American geopolitics, industrial espionage and global surveillance benefits them, China doing the same does not. For Non-Americans, it's different, therefore their reactions aren't as simple as US good, China bad.
- spectramax 8y agoI don't think so. There can only be the following explanations for this behavior: -> A) People don't know how bad it is in China -> B) People support authoritarian government over democracy -> C) People do not support USA or have some deep rooted hatred for the country which gets channeled through US vs China debate -> D) There is a large pro-China population on HN, perhaps immigrants to US, perhaps people from China, perhaps folks from other countries who support China This is tribalism at its most glorified form. Instead of debating issues in isolation, we are engaging in this barbaric form of debate where facts take a back seat and rhetoric and nationalism prevail.
- bad_user 8y agoThat’s because HN is filled with shills.
- username223 8y agoAlso Facebook. I don't encourage people to wander into conspiracy theory territory, but I have been a bit cautious lately.