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> It may trigger our natural discomfort with foreignness, but some of the differences from the typical American commercial software culture I have to say, this
by traceroute66 4y ago
> It may trigger our natural discomfort with foreignness, but some of the differences from the typical American commercial software culture
I have to say, this phrase just struck me as pure arrogant xenophobia.
Like most people on here, I'm sure I can safely speak for the majority when I say there is plenty of shit American commercial software out there. The patriotic US flag waving and "made in US" does not automatically make it the best software.
Also many organisations, especially in Europe, will almost bend over backwards to avoid being tied too much to the US because of what the three-letter-agencies get up to, and the anti-foreigner legislation that supports them.
The recipe to get rid of that "natural discomfort with foreignness" that yanks have is simple: Most Americans just need to get out more ... get that passport that so few of you have and spend some proper time outside US borders (and no, trips to Canada don't count, and likely neither does Mexico).
- mwcampbell 4y agoI'm sorry. I'll be more careful next time. I do have a passport, but I haven't yet used it. Edit: However: > Like most people on here, I'm sure I can safely speak for the majority when I say there is plenty of shit American commercial software out there. The patriotic US flag waving and "made in US" does not automatically make it the best software. As someone who happens to be American, I emphatically agree. I regret that I didn't make this clear in my original comment. I meant to say that I think projects like Rustdesk and the Zoom Windows app are better than a lot of American crap in some important ways. I was trying not to be arrogant, but clearly I failed. Edit 2: As for xenophobia, yes, I'm prone to it. I thought that was a natural human tendency, not peculiarly American, but I could be wrong.
- Hnrobert42 4y agoI think you misunderstood GP’s comment. Also, it is odd to see such stereotyping used to substantiate a criticism of a comment as xenophobic.