The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow
How is anyone still putting their hopes in this guy…
Edit: holy shit, I missed the author of this article isn’t just some random stooge, it is Cory Doctorow! The dude coining the term enshittification, and even this guy falls for thinking Trump will be on his side. Jeez…
Edit2: ok revising my post a bit. This is more about how what Trump is doing makes US tech less interesting for other countries and therefore tech could improve. Not that I believe some other actor outside US wouldn’t do exactly the same with data as US companies, but this isn’t what the title implies that Cory actually wants to have Trump do something to improve tech.
some other actor outside US wouldn’t do exactly the same with data as US companies
Would if they could, but …… the key is going from a dominant corporatocracy to more diffuse centers of technology.
Think of the common charger regulations. We here in the US would still be tied to proprietary chargers at excessive prices, but we have USB-C because EU is big enough
Or think of something as basic as encryption. Not too many years ago, US dominated encryption technology and only the simplest was allowed worldwide. That basically created encryption technology centers in Israel and Ireland, and now we all benefit
How is anyone still putting their hopes in this guy…
Edit: holy shit, I missed the author of this article isn’t just some random stooge, it is Cory Doctorow! The dude coining the term enshittification, and even this guy falls for thinking Trump will be on his side. Jeez…
Edit2: ok revising my post a bit. This is more about how what Trump is doing makes US tech less interesting for other countries and therefore tech could improve. Not that I believe some other actor outside US wouldn’t do exactly the same with data as US companies, but this isn’t what the title implies that Cory actually wants to have Trump do something to improve tech.
Would if they could, but …… the key is going from a dominant corporatocracy to more diffuse centers of technology.
Think of the common charger regulations. We here in the US would still be tied to proprietary chargers at excessive prices, but we have USB-C because EU is big enough
Or think of something as basic as encryption. Not too many years ago, US dominated encryption technology and only the simplest was allowed worldwide. That basically created encryption technology centers in Israel and Ireland, and now we all benefit