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I think you are vastly overestimating the impact of crypto export limitations. People in the 90s couldn't spell cryptography.
by stefan_ 5y ago
I think you are vastly overestimating the impact of crypto export limitations. People in the 90s couldn't spell cryptography.
- r3trohack3r 5y agoI think you’re underestimating the cost of manufacturing two separate devices. It wasn’t the crypto itself, it was that manufactures had to solve for export controls and they chose to manufacture a single product overseas instead of two domestically. I don’t think “crypto” was front of mind. Suspect it was “let’s build a computer” and the lawyers said “you can’t sell that in x market if you make it in the U.S.” so they didn’t.