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The problem is that we are at the whim of tech giants anyway, they're just not ours. I.e. not having an European Google doesn't mean my phone is running an OS f
by Al-Khwarizmi 2y ago
The problem is that we are at the whim of tech giants anyway, they're just not ours. I.e. not having an European Google doesn't mean my phone is running an OS from some European non-giant, it's running Android. How is this not a weakness with respect to at least having a local alternative?
- bluGill 2y ago> How is this not a weakness with respect to at least having a local alternative? Scale - it is a lot of work to create a local alternative. While you could develop that local alternative, to make it a useful competitor to Android would take a lot of resources - mostly trained programmers. Those programmers in making your android alternative would then not be doing whatever it is they are doing right now and so less total output is done. Is it worth the loss of those other things? There are a lot of different things going on in any country. Perhaps some of them are not worth doing. However even if you stop doing those things is there something else it would be better to spend that effort on?