Goodbye!
Comment on Microsoft admits it would have to let Trump spy on EU data if demanded
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 days ago
It was the same for Biden, why did no-one care then?
octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
semperverus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Listen, I’m extremely anti-trump but the guy has a point. Evil things can be evil regardless of who is in charge, but we only seem to care when the narrative shifts in certain directions. Why didn’t we care about this back then?
octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
I haven’t used a Microsoft product in my personal life in twenty years. One of the primary reasons for that is that I don’t trust them with my privacy. People (gestures broadly at the tech space) have been expressing similar sentiment for decades.
We are not a monolith, and some people have cared about these things while others have not.
For those who only just began caring, I find it entirely reasonable that when the top of the pyramid wasn’t Trump, someone who there are a great many reasons to distrust, they weren’t as worried about it.
If you didn’t care about it until recently, only you can answer the question you have asked.
All of which is far more of an answer than the sheer whataboutism merited.
semperverus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Oh I most certainly cared back then, just felt like nobody wanted to listen to me. Full Linux, grapheneos stack with no google play services, no Microsoft, nearly free of google (replacing gmail is going to be a monumental task, but it’s my last one).
Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Yeah I wondered the same thing. That cloud act went into effect in 2018. Haven’t seen anyone try to change it in the last 6 years