• alekwithak@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Ever notice how any time a Chinese app gets highlighted as being for data harvesting, there’s a bunch of people crawling out of the woodwork to claim “whatabout american apps!?”,

    Yes, because the American social media apps and other data harvesters have a much greater affect on our lives than Chinese, but American media goes on and on about the dangers of Chinese social media and most Americans don’t even think about American social media.

    And did you just accuse me of crawling out of woodwork?!

    but whenever an American app gets the same exposer, noone ever goes “whatabout Chinese apps apps!?”

    Yes because it makes perfect sense on western social media to cry “What about tiktok?!” When an article comes out about the very scandals you’re talking about. In fact I’m not sure what point you’re even trying to make saying the outrage is manufactured but then giving reasons why it should be legitimate.

    I do consider Chinese officials getting blackmail material on American politicians and businesses more dangerous then American companies doing the same.

    Well that’s an insane take. American companies blackmailing American politicians is why we slide further and further into a corporatocracy.