It has been blatantly obvious for the past 10 plus years yet most still see it as if it is new.
Substituting « the US » for « the West » on HN clarifies a lot of things.
I would rather we stop talking about the West, it does not mean much anymore.
Most likely through their phones. They can just track you if they wanted to. Everybody knows it. This sentiment is part of why the USA will lose the propaganda war.
There is no amount of propaganda the USA can make to remedy this reality.
Is your argument that the Chinese will win a propaganda war concerning the surveillance state?
The US' software domination has really spooked a lot of people and nation states. No one really trusts US tech companies.
And sure, "everybody spies", but that in and of itself will bring a lot more competition and privacy focus, hopefully.
China will take advantage of that sentiment. They don't have to win the war personally, just the US has to lose it. India is already trying to develop its own phones, China will only keep going.
No one really trusts US tech on a global scale.
There is no secret sauce or moat , they ve been saying that for years, and it's still true. Being number 2 in the race is a losing position, so china probably thought they might as well give it away
How many rent seekers and leeching lawyers and advertisers our economy and consumers can suffer?
What's wrong with us?
The future is open, they're just buying time. Piracy can never end because copyright is fictitious.
See, I could set up a system where I charge you for air by tracking your every breath, but that would be stupid since air is just available. There is a way tho.
Rather, capitalism will most likely look towards changing technology standards and softwares environments to serve their purpose.
Forget about downloading applications and looking at source code, the only way to use mass production computers will be through their neutered means: - Only approved softwares from approved "markets"/"app stores" - Settings? "Nah that's for experts" - Ad blocking? "That's a serious crime" - Different operating system? "You can't change that"
It's not enshittification its capitalism.
How is software, music, or any other easily copied product created and distributed under your system?
Even air can be monetized if you have the right legal team and tech. And we're all random working class people who can't afford a good lawyer even when we need it so... go figure.
Copying is built into all of our hardware/software. To keep extending copyright you have to either end privacy or neuter hardware/software.
Sounds like a recipe for many people to avoid sharing their digital creations with others. And your claim that those are the only two ways to give creators some control over their creations is absurd.
A new world is struggling to be born; this is the time of monsters.
Capital WILL neuter all software and hardware to make their reality happen. Capital WILL make more and more invasive systems if it means a whole industry can stay alive. They can lobby, we cant. They have the money to influence, we dont. We have voices, but why would they listen to voices when they have profits?
Voting with your dollar is the biggest lie out there if you live in a monopoly system where you only get a few options or if you can't afford anything else. They are literally building digital prisons but people say its fine because we can choose the size of the cell and the color of the walls.
Edit: This just jumped from #7 in queue to #2380 in queue. I should have used another service.
If/when it completes, it should be here:
I requested that they make a copy of it. It is currently #11 in queue.
Hopefully, they will be able to copy the whole article.
No, I am not able to alter what it archives.
https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bpc_uploads (or check X/Nitter)
As on copyright vs no copyright, I agree with the view of Bunny Huang. Chinese laxity with copyright doesn't destroy the advantage of the first mover - it just puts a limit to it. Basically if you want to be on top, you need to keep innovating non-stop, you can't rest on your laurels.
Systems relying on copyright allow companies to alienate engineers' work, that's how Oracle ended up with more lawyers than engineers (even if that's just a meme). Systems where knowledge is distributed freely (including the open source community) gives power to engineers.
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