Starlink, satellite phone, always online DRM going offline etc etc. But really PRC more likely to reverse engineer kill switch, unless it's physical. I'd more

Starlink, satellite phone, always online DRM going offline etc etc. But really PRC more likely to reverse engineer kill switch, unless it's physical. I'd more more surprised if TSMC engineers oblige to sabatoge, because doing so would turn them from being valuable collaborators with a job who are going to get 10x paperclip raises to becoming unemployed drone targets. All these TW will sabatoge TSMC forget the self interest a involved. These people want to make a living during and after the war. TW as province of China post unification still needs industry to maintain local economy, high end industries to sustain developed country QoL. Even ASML wants continuity in service contracts. That means doing everything to keep TSMC fabs running and relevant. Chances are good none of them will have a chance to make it off the island in a blockade. They're not moving to Arizona, their lot is tied to future prosperity of TW. There's a reason TW officials keep telling western chuckleheads to knock it off with the destroy TSMC talk, because they aren't going to kill their golden goose to spite PRC, because whoever controls the golden goose still has power in a post war world. How does a TWnese semi worker instantly propel themselves from expendable to privileged? By being paperclipped and collaborating with PRC.