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The easiest was of escaping the trap of US tech dependence, is to buy your tech from China. Everything they have is very advanced, and cheap to boot. Huawei in
by palmotea 10mo ago
The easiest was of escaping the trap of US tech dependence, is to buy your tech from China. Everything they have is very advanced, and cheap to boot. Huawei instead of Apple, WeChat instead of WhatsApp, etc. Everyone wins except Trump.
- mixmastamyk 10mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637463 Euro tech already exists. Add in Nova custom and Star labs. I understand many components are still made in China but this is the first step.
- Loughla 10mo agoIs China a better country to rely on?
- bflesch 10mo agoRight now, China is still supporting the russian war machine. The russian people are openly at war against Ukraine and the European idea. Still China is a great alternative to US in terms of hardware, because all the things you would buy from the US is just made in China anyways. While the US are acting like foolish, uneducated hotheads China is silently benefiting from all parties involved.
- dekrg 10mo agoYou mean compared to the country that is bombing other countries, kidnapping their leaders while also threatening to annex territory of its ally?
- loeg 10mo agoWhich countries and leaders do you have in mind?
- dekrg 10mo agoOh sorry, right the US just kidnapped a singular leader this year while bombing and killing people. Glad you pointed that out and everything just peachy with the US foreign policy of just some bombing and kidnapping and threatening to annex Greenland! Go murrica!
- yadaeno 10mo agoIsn’t China buying 50% of Russia’s Gas and supplying them drone parts and gunpowder which is directly being used to kill Europeans and destabilize Europe?
- cudgy 10mo agoTrue. China only kidnaps its own citizens.
- istanbulbebesi 10mo agoMore sane and predictable for sure. Which is a good thing.
- bflesch 10mo agoThere's a German saying "Vom Regen in die Traufe", I think the English version is "out of the frying pan into the fire". China is a good alternative for a lot of hardware, but in terms of software it is not an option.
- yadaeno 10mo agoThe downside is that this tech stack is also being rolled out to Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Venezuela to build their own local versions of the Great Firewall. It is currently being used to crush dissent and imprison anyone who disagrees with the regime. I guess if you consider that “winning” then definitely continue to support Chinese dominance.
- solidsnack9000 10mo agoHow would this lead to sovereignty?