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And US tech companies will be the big loser, if the other countries are going to apply the same national security argument to themselves. Who would they sacrif
by tanilama 6y ago
And US tech companies will be the big loser, if the other countries are going to apply the same national security argument to themselves.
Who would they sacrifice then? Obviously, it will be the Big Techs.
- mantas 6y agoAren't Google and FB already banned in China?
- bduerst 6y agoYep, but Apple and Amazon would face major losses.
- throw554354 6y agoNot exactly, they basically left because they didn’t want to comply with China’s censorship laws. Project Dragonfly was Google’s attempt to re-enter, but bad publicity forced them to stop.
- tanilama 6y agoI am not think about China. Think of Europe. The EU has just realized that by letting US runs internet for itself is costing it money and its technological future. As what the current administration is doing, the tie is getting weakened and I don't see the trust re-established to its previous level again.
- mantas 6y agoEU realised that we missed the internet revolution long time ago. Remember the EU-financed Google killer from mid-00s? :) Too bad Europe is having fucking hard time to kickstart startups ecosystem.