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this is a good move. from the beginning, the Huawei 5G push was full of cause for suspicion. John C. Dvorak quit PC Magazine [0] after they took down his entire
by adamrezich 5y ago
this is a good move. from the beginning, the Huawei 5G push was full of cause for suspicion. John C. Dvorak quit PC Magazine [0] after they took down his entirely reasonable (especially for Dvorak lol) 5G-skeptical column [1] and replaced it with a pro-5G column, accessed from the same URL as the deleted column. once covid hit, the narrative shifted further and anyone who was skeptical of Chinese 5G infrastructure in the US and elsewhere elicited responses of "lol you think 5G causes covid, ok Alex Jones lmao." the whole thing was shady from the start and the cries of "conthpirathy theorieth" were extremely odd given that the subject being discussed was the telecommunications infrastructure of the country being replaced/augmented by a new technology from a rival superpower. plus, I don't know about anyone else, but I personally haven't seen an actual use case for 5G to date. and then when you throw in the last administration's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's remarks at the 2020 National Governors Association with regards to Chinese influence on our States' leadership [2]...
[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20180901090946/https://in.pcmag.com/opinion/124983/the-problem-with-5g https://web.archive.org/web/20180901090946/https://in.pcmag....
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20181007013846/https://medium.com/@dvorak/5g-got-me-fired-ce407e584c4a https://web.archive.org/web/20181007013846/https://medium.co...
[2] https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/08/mike-pompeo-governors-china-112539 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/08/mike-pompeo-governo...
- AlexandrB 5y agoWow, I was not aware of this. I used to read Dvorak a lot when I was younger. It also appears that he did not quit but was, in fact, fired - according to [1]: > As many of you know, I was unceremoniously fired from PC Magazine on Sept. 20th, 2018 after over 30 years of service. I just figured it was the new people coming in and I was an unneeded throwback to the old regime. Edit: > but I personally haven't seen an actual use case for 5G to date Incidentally, the most "compelling" use cases I've seen for 5g are always-connected smart devices that don't rely on WiFi. E.g. a smart TV where you can't pihole its advertising or view-tracking "features".
- adamrezich 5y agothat's right, I misremembered and thought he quit when in fact he was fired.