Comment by dheera
11 days ago
I don't think "being in the Play store" means something is trustable, it just means you trust Google Play Services and Google with all of your data, and by extension, the US government.
Being located in the US, I am arguably far more concerned about the US government tracking me than the Chinese government. The US government has jurisdiction over me, the Chinese government does not.
> Being located in the US, I am arguably far more concerned about the US government tracking me than the Chinese government.
I read this BS so often that it feels manufactured.
Why BS? The US government can jail me; the Chinese government cannot. I therefore fear surveillance by the US government more than I fear surveillance by the Chinese government.
Now, in an ideal world, I want neither China nor the US monitoring me, nor anyone else. But for me personally, the downside from the US monitoring me is larger.
That line of reasoning seems sound to me. If you see a flaw in it, state what the flaw is, rather than just labeling it "BS".
It skips important details such as courts, juries, and due process. It's a cynical view that the US legal system must work the same way as in authoritarian Communist China.
It sounds like a view that someone living in such a system would have. That your system is equally bad but at least ours is across an ocean. Is it a false equivalence?
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This is an incredibly naive view.
State your reason - I'm in the same boat as dheera and I'm curious.