It’s mind blowing how many of these takes ignore national intelligence/security. As if NSA spying on Americans is seriously the same as the Chinese government s

It’s mind blowing how many of these takes ignore national intelligence/security. As if NSA spying on Americans is seriously the same as the Chinese government spying on Americans. Enacting data privacy laws is touted as a solution. Is it even technically possible to prevent data collection? Otherwise that will just handicap X’s national security while other countries collect data. Additionally, there’s enormous opportunity costs associated with importing foreign software services. Why isn’t there 10s of great search engines? Because Google is imported with little-no tariffs to many countries, removing the need for local search services. Same with TikTok. An American company could pop up to fulfill that need. The US should just tax Bytedance for operating in the USA. As should Canada, UK, etc tax Google. Maybe Michigan should tax california software services too. We’d see a lot more privacy and a lot more diversified technology culture if this happened more.