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Why would they become worthless? The entire world is forever beholden to Microsoft Windows, Office, AWS, X, iOS, Google Play, whether people like it or not. Peo

by a2128 1y ago

Why would they become worthless? The entire world is forever beholden to Microsoft Windows, Office, AWS, X, iOS, Google Play, whether people like it or not. People have made free or cheaper or local or better alternatives and they have never succeeded at dethroning these

pydry 1y ago
I was talking about the US as a reserve currency. That's what is driving the deficit and how the US has been exchanging bits on a screen for free stuff for the last ~50 years or so. It would collapse in value overnight if there were a run on the dollar (treasury holdings were sold off). Then hyperinflation would set in and import dependence would become existential.
vehemenz 1y ago
> Microsoft Windows, Office, AWS, X, iOS, Google Play One of these things is not like the others.
- tartuffe78 1y ago
  Laughably so... 1. The operating system running a lot of corporate software 2. Productivity suite that is still the standard for creating documents 3. Cloud infrastructure that scales to any demand 4. Porn and racism 5/6. The worlds only mobile operating systems and dominant app stores
grues-dinner 1y ago
> forever beholden to Microsoft Windows, Office, AWS, X, iOS, Google Play, There is one country that is very much not as beholden as everyone else. Even if everyone calls it a "PPT", it's quite often going to come from WPS. Though the state of Linux support for things like WeChat/Com is... Not great. But there been a uptick in inquiries about Linux support for a system in the last 2 months so something's lit a fire under some posteriors recently.
franktankbank 1y ago
Microsoft, AWS, Google (et al) pays bribes in dollars.
leoqa 1y ago
I don’t think they’re as beholden as you think. If those companies went down, a balkanization of tech would probably emerge, with regional preferences. Probably would spur innovation and consumers would quickly adapt.
- sorcerer-mar 1y ago
  For sure! All you gotta do is the thing every developing economy on the planet has been attempting and failing to do which is escape the middle income trap. The US is unique in its vision to step backwards into the middle income trap amongst the rest of 'em.
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by a2128 1y ago

pydry 1y ago

I was talking about the US as a reserve currency. That's what is driving the deficit and how the US has been exchanging bits on a screen for free stuff for the last ~50 years or so. It would collapse in value overnight if there were a run on the dollar (treasury holdings were sold off). Then hyperinflation would set in and import dependence would become existential.

vehemenz 1y ago

> Microsoft Windows, Office, AWS, X, iOS, Google Play One of these things is not like the others.

tartuffe78 1y ago
Laughably so... 1. The operating system running a lot of corporate software 2. Productivity suite that is still the standard for creating documents 3. Cloud infrastructure that scales to any demand 4. Porn and racism 5/6. The worlds only mobile operating systems and dominant app stores

grues-dinner 1y ago

> forever beholden to Microsoft Windows, Office, AWS, X, iOS, Google Play, There is one country that is very much not as beholden as everyone else. Even if everyone calls it a "PPT", it's quite often going to come from WPS. Though the state of Linux support for things like WeChat/Com is... Not great. But there been a uptick in inquiries about Linux support for a system in the last 2 months so something's lit a fire under some posteriors recently.

franktankbank 1y ago

Microsoft, AWS, Google (et al) pays bribes in dollars.

leoqa 1y ago

I don’t think they’re as beholden as you think. If those companies went down, a balkanization of tech would probably emerge, with regional preferences. Probably would spur innovation and consumers would quickly adapt.

sorcerer-mar 1y ago
For sure! All you gotta do is the thing every developing economy on the planet has been attempting and failing to do which is escape the middle income trap. The US is unique in its vision to step backwards into the middle income trap amongst the rest of 'em.

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