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[–] 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Fully agree. I just don't trust China any much more than the US to respect privacy and consumer choice. Color me prejudiced if you want, but I've dealt with enough Chinese suppliers to have a decent idea of how they operate.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I mean I don’t either, but us unitedstatesians are now subjected to the tender mercies of Palantir, which is kind of fucking awful… so, potato, potato.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Fair. At least the stated mission of the Chinese isn't to be evil for evil's sake. Palantir just seems like an accelerationist's tool and nothing more.

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  • Yep, and the CEO essentially says as much on a regular basis. Not to mention, the origin of the name of the company is the scrying sphere that Sauron and Saruman (the bad guys) in LOTR use, so that’s telling in a comically dark fashion as well.

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