3 ms·
To play devil's advocate, when someone says "Chinese made" they're usually well aware of your point, and are more using it as a common way to describe product m
by miladyincontrol 3mo ago
To play devil's advocate, when someone says "Chinese made" they're usually well aware of your point, and are more using it as a common way to describe product mills spitting out countless devices with dubious quality or configuration.
Of course theres good products made in China, and plenty of entirely Chinese brands killing it doing their thing.
- 8note 3mo agoits pretty straight racism though. its US software companies that are the worst of the worst in terms of adware and malware being shipped under monopoly control
- Eisenstein 3mo agoIts based on the most common heuristic people have developed in regards to the phenomenon. What do you think about 'alphabet soup company' instead, referring to the tendency for names to be a mix of random letters? Otherwise, you can try and create a better term for 'unaccountable third parties using US platforms to dodge liability for their product made out of the cheapest components and software possible' and see if that catches on. Yes it is also the US companies that are a problem but these are two separate problems and need different terms.
- SecretDreams 3mo agoThere's enough evil malware provider blame to go around.
- wvh 3mo agoIt's not racism at all to be weary of (any) political system, its overreach and the incentives of the people living in it, be it China or America or Russia. The word racism is vastly overused these days.
- parineum 3mo ago> its pretty straight racism though. It's not. Firstly, because countries aren't races. Second, because it's just a leftover from a time where that was a good heuristic.
- handle584 3mo ago[dead]