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Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban

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Re: Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban

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Post by philips »

My take:

DJI, Apple, Huawei, Google etc are all in a similar boat where the governments they operate under have publicly and privately pressured them to use their profitable platforms for spying or gathering evidence. This reduces their profitablity as consumers have less confidence the product isn't working against them.

But in the case of DJI and Huawei and TikTok the US is more concerned about how those chinese companies erode US business like boeing, cisco or Facebook. And instead of saying it is primarily economic protectionism they make it a defense issue to try and tamp demand.

In the end the best thing for consumers is if Apple, DJI, etc compete on having privacy preservation and feel compelled to make their products resistant to government influence.

So this new DJI feature is a good thing for consumers it seems.

Re: Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban

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Post by redis_mlc »

philips wrote: post #4

My take: DJI, Apple, Huawei, Google etc are all in a similar boat where the governments they operate under have publicly and privately pressured them to use their profitable platforms for spying or gathering evidence. This reduces their profitablity as consumers have less confidence the product isn't working against them. But in the case of DJI and Huawei and TikTok the US is more concerned about how those chinese co…

> My take:

You're so wrong about saying this is not a national security issue. China has been in an undeclared war with the US for 40 years. You can learn more on the Youtube "China in Focus - NTD" channel.

> feel compelled to make their products resistant to government influence.

All Chinese companies are controlled by the CCP. What DJI wants is irrelevant. Each company in China over 50 employees has a CCP cell to monitor their obedience.

Obligatory Link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

Re: Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban

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Post by libertine »

philips wrote: post #4

My take: DJI, Apple, Huawei, Google etc are all in a similar boat where the governments they operate under have publicly and privately pressured them to use their profitable platforms for spying or gathering evidence. This reduces their profitablity as consumers have less confidence the product isn't working against them. But in the case of DJI and Huawei and TikTok the US is more concerned about how those chinese co…

While I agree with you, I think there's something that should be pointed out: China stance on foreign companies doing business in China.

Currently China wants all the perks of the open global market, while closing it's own. I don't understand how this is allowed.

Re: Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban

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Post by vkou »

libertine wrote: post #6
philips wrote: post #4

My take: DJI, Apple, Huawei, Google etc are all in a similar boat where the governments they operate under have publicly and privately pressured them to use their profitable platforms for spying or gathering evidence. This reduces their profitablity as consumers have less confidence the product isn't working against them. But in the case of DJI and Huawei and TikTok the US is more concerned about how those chinese co…

While I agree with you, I think there's something that should be pointed out: China stance on foreign companies doing business in China. Currently China wants all the perks of the open global market, while closing it's own. I don't understand how this is allowed.

China's market is not closed to foreign companies. This isn't 1990 anymore.

American brands are everywhere in China, from Teslas, to iPhones, to McDonalds, to Starbucks, to the NBA, to the list goes on and on and on. Google, Facebook, Apple each make billions of dollars from China, every year.

Calling that a closed market is... Not at all accurate. It's by no means a fully[1] open market, but it's not a closed one.

[1] The definition of fully also varies from country to country. Is Canada a fully open market? No. For example, there's a lot of government protectionism surrounding media, and media infrastructure. Is the US a fully open market? No - again, not in the case of media infrastructure. Neither is an open market when it comes to food, or medical drugs. (For good reason, in my opinion - but that's just that - a political opinion. Other people have different opinions on this subject.)

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