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America has been acting neutral for last decades, especially last 15 years where China has asymmetrically taken advantage of American companies. China is gettin
by fermienrico 6y ago
America has been acting neutral for last decades, especially last 15 years where China has asymmetrically taken advantage of American companies. China is getting a taste of their own medicine and I am fine with that.
- puranjay 6y agoThis is essentially admitting that the free market lost and doesn't work anymore. Because the free market has clearly decided that it likes TikTok, even enough to share its data with the company. I don't think people realize how significant this might be.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoCountries intervening in private industry for national security reasons is a pretty ancient phenomenon. I doubt many people will see it as a fatal compromise of free market principles.
- jen20 6y ago> even enough to share its data with the company. How many people do you think have opted into this with informed consent vs clicking through multiple pages of deliberately obfuscated terms?
- eirini1 6y agohow is this in any way in opposition to the free market? The information is freely acceesible, the fact that its hard to understand is the problem of the consumer no? The free market solution would be to have some kind of independent organization summarize this information and attempt to distribute it in the hopes people read.