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I'm not American nor European. The US tech industry is lightyears ahead of European counterparts because of factors other than meeting market demands for priva

• DyslexicAtheist 5y ago
  > I don't think this is going to fundamentally change anything. me neither. my in-laws (90+) in Japan are excited about a new DoCoMo phone and always talks about the latest features. He is not an engineer. He is also not a rare case in that country (or that continent). My own mother back in EU and most of my family are deeply ambivalent at best, or absolutely opposing new Tech / data-driven ideas. Europe is like the polar opposite of Asia in that sense. The US is some kind of weird middle-ground. When I returned from Asia to EU after 10 years over there I had a reverse-culture shock that lasted at least 5 years. Everything looked backward and stagnant to me. As I get older I realize I'm also becoming very critical. But age can't explain the ambivalence otherwise Japan would be the most Technology hostile society in the world.
  • rmbyrro 5y ago
    Yeah, seems the only country that can dream about challenging the US tech industry is China. But they'll have a hard time with reputational issues. I mean, how long until a sizeable chunk (+30%) of western tech businesses, or even other major Asian economies, start choosing Aliyun over any of the five big US cloud providers? I think safe to say not in the next 5 years. But who knows...