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The world is trying to log off U.S. tech (restofworld.org)
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Countries are growing uneasy about their dependence on U.S. technology firms.

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[–] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 20 points 1 day ago

I mean, privacy had been getting worse for decades before Trump got in office. Mainstream tech has been on a steady decline for years, if not longer, and the privacy invasions being baked into most software have always been horrifying.

Was it all functional? Yeah. Were there a lot of horrifying things under the hood? Also yeah.