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by niek_pas 669 days ago
\s, I hope? Not using US-made products is basically impossible in the modern world.
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endisneigh 669 days ago
It’s really not. It’s just inconvenient.
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morbicer 669 days ago
There's Bolt where I am from, they are an Estonian company and have better and cheaper services than Uber.
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niek_pas 669 days ago
Fair point; I should have clarified I wasn't really talking about Uber, specifically, but about American products (e.g. Windows and MacOS) in general :)
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djaouen 669 days ago
Open source is (usually) free. I’m just saying, if they really wanted to, other countries could build their own shit. They just don’t. :)
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hasanhaja 669 days ago
The following example isn't a tech product, but it demonstrates the outrageous anticompetitive practices some of these monopolies engage in to suffocate people who are just building their own shit:

Chokepoint Capitalism with Cory Doctorow - FACTUALLY Podcast: https://youtu.be/vluAOGJPPoM?si=zuezwnlUHhuoQFNt&t=2668

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