Why China is giving away its tech for free

Post by bpt3 » Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 5:29 PM UTC

Atlas667 wrote: post #15

ksec wrote: post #4

It is about destroying the industry which the West have a stronghold in. Giving it away for free, in the name of Open source also attract a lot of " common interest ", those from Europe who want to break free of US, and those from US who wants US to fail, and companies who simply want another company to fail so they could gain competitive advantage. And China is very happy to help. It has been blatantly obvious for t…

Think: How did they target all of those Iranian scientists? Most likely through their phones. They can just track you if they wanted to. Everybody knows it. This sentiment is part of why the USA will lose the propaganda war. There is no amount of propaganda the USA can make to remedy this reality.

Post by bpt3 » Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 7:44 PM UTC

Atlas667 wrote: post #19

seydor wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it s not , it has made a resurgence and piracy is way down. (Except if you re big digital tech, you are allowed to use anything any way you want)

Its lawyers forcing copyright to stay alive. But it isn't sustainable is what I mean. A lot of TV is free now (with ads), media is less profitable using their old system. The future is open, they're just buying time. Piracy can never end because copyright is fictitious. See, I could set up a system where I charge you for air by tracking your every breath, but that would be stupid since air is just available. There is…

Post by onewheeltom » Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 11:46 PM UTC

chasil wrote: post #7

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Post by chasil » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 5:27 PM UTC

onewheeltom wrote: post #25

chasil wrote: post #7

This is in queue, will update with final URL if successful. Edit: This just jumped from #7 in queue to #2380 in queue. I should have used another service. https://archive.ph/wip/hOIIa If/when it completes, it should be here: https://archive.ph/hOIIa

Looks like the Economist has discovered a way to prevent archive.ph from functioning.

Post by Atlas667 » Fri, Jun 20, 2025, 8:24 PM UTC

bpt3 wrote: post #23

Atlas667 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its lawyers forcing copyright to stay alive. But it isn't sustainable is what I mean. A lot of TV is free now (with ads), media is less profitable using their old system. The future is open, they're just buying time. Piracy can never end because copyright is fictitious. See, I could set up a system where I charge you for air by tracking your every breath, but that would be stupid since air is just available. There is…

A major distinction is that someone has to actually produce the content you want to consume, unlike air (though we are trying to make clean air more scarce), which is why no one owns air. How is software, music, or any other easily copied product created and distributed under your system?