• @TheAnonymouseJokerOPM
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      24 years ago

      I rarely buy stuff from Amazon, like once in 2-3 years. I am unable to understand how and why people are so reliant on these services.

      We need to get away from American proprietary technology as a whole as much as possible. And we can still do it before it gets too late.

        • @TheAnonymouseJokerOPM
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          14 years ago

          Getting off AWS (as in client based usage via websites) is definitely near impossible due to how things work However you can definitely minimise or nullify usage of Amazon services by yourself if you want to.

          If you value convenience too much, it cannot be helped. I do not support these evil USA megacorps, so I make a great effort to keep away from these filthy organisations.

            • @TheAnonymouseJokerOPM
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              4 years ago

              Very accurate. Materialistic sedentary society is the root of many problems.

  • DessalinesA
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    64 years ago

    I recently finished the book bad blood, about the theranos saga. They also had a general, James Mattis on their board of directors. Not to mention close ties with Henry Kissinger and the Obama administration.

    • @fra
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      24 years ago

      I recommend Surveillance Valley by Yasha Levine, it shows that the connections between US tech companies and the US military has been going on since the beginning of the internet.

    • @TheAnonymouseJokerOPM
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      14 years ago

      Yet some are focused on getting TikTok banned, while they let their nice government have all the data and jurisdiction on them.

      • @ster
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        -24 years ago

        Because America’s government is slightly less corrupt than China’s

          • @ster
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            14 years ago

            What does that have to do with what I said?

            • @TheAnonymouseJokerOPM
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              CIA kills and drone bombs people globally based on metadata collected via smartphones and internet devices people use. Apparently, US military uses Google AI and NSA data troves for this purpose. This is what I gave you the link for.

              Does China government do these kinds of things to people anywhere, for all the spying allegations they face from CFR media?

              • @ster
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                14 years ago

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_China I mean the Chinese government is persecuting any citizens in the country who dare to speak out against them using the mass surveillance they have. As I always say, I hate both the Chinese government and the corrupt west, but I’d much rather live in the west where we have at least some semblance of democracy and freedom

                • @TheAnonymouseJokerOPM
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                  04 years ago

                  You can live in shitty West where you have a fake semblance of freedom with anti maskers and anti vaxxers, and where Muslims and blacks are openly discriminated against.