Imagine if they focused on creating tools that could jailbreak iOS devices, John Deere tractors, HP printers, etc. I bet they could sell that as a service. What could the US or American companies do to stop them? They could be Disenshittification Island.
Except that no country is likely to take him up on that suggestion because they’re afraid of how the US would react. Cuba’s already heavily sanctioned, so they have less to lose. Maybe nothing to lose.
I am personally betting a lot that this is where it’s going (career development-wise, not prediction markets, ugh)
US tech has been absolutely awful and stagnating for awhile. It’s one thing to continue to deal with it when it’s actually offering good value, but it’s not. Between the data sovereignty concerns and tariffs, the EU is positioned to jolt its own tech market if it’s ready to take the opportunity, and I think they are.
I’m not sure I’d expect anything big or grand, much like the “year of the Linux desktop” I don’t know that there will really be a breaking moment. Just slow building of momentum in that direction. And that’s all it really takes, once that momentum takes hold it’s not going to start flowing back to Microsoft. These greedy corporations overplayed their hand, they broke the agreements, and now there’s really no going back.
Imagine if they focused on creating tools that could jailbreak iOS devices, John Deere tractors, HP printers, etc. I bet they could sell that as a service. What could the US or American companies do to stop them? They could be Disenshittification Island.
The empire is literally bombing and starving the planet for the sake of capitalism and its MIC.
They’re already murdering cubans for nothing.
Exactly, so this wouldn’t make things any worse.
That’s exactly what Cory Doctorow has been advocating for
Except that no country is likely to take him up on that suggestion because they’re afraid of how the US would react. Cuba’s already heavily sanctioned, so they have less to lose. Maybe nothing to lose.
I am personally betting a lot that this is where it’s going (career development-wise, not prediction markets, ugh)
US tech has been absolutely awful and stagnating for awhile. It’s one thing to continue to deal with it when it’s actually offering good value, but it’s not. Between the data sovereignty concerns and tariffs, the EU is positioned to jolt its own tech market if it’s ready to take the opportunity, and I think they are.
I’m not sure I’d expect anything big or grand, much like the “year of the Linux desktop” I don’t know that there will really be a breaking moment. Just slow building of momentum in that direction. And that’s all it really takes, once that momentum takes hold it’s not going to start flowing back to Microsoft. These greedy corporations overplayed their hand, they broke the agreements, and now there’s really no going back.
So I hope …
Fortunately the USA wouldn’t act against foreign entities on the whim of a few companies
Wen speaking about copyright and how the USA is abusing its power, this is worth watching
Jesus Christ. How many times have the USA done something like this? And how many times are they currently doing something like this?
It’s uncountable.
Yes and yes.
The US already invaded Cuba, so…
Insert an NSA agent to put in backdoors, so they can track every user. Then lawsuits.
In what court, exactly?
On the American customers, for DMCA violation.
Expensive