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Why China is giving away its tech for free

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Re: Why China is giving away its tech for free

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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 the past 10 plus years yet most still see it as if it is new.

Re: Why China is giving away its tech for free

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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…

What about those who want specifically AI oligopolies to fail?

Re: Why China is giving away its tech for free

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Shouldn't we rather ask why the West is incessantly copyrighting everything? How many rent seekers and leeching lawyers and advertisers our economy and consumers can suffer? What's wrong with us?

Term limits and age ceilings for Congressional reps would go a long way in solving this problem.

Re: Why China is giving away its tech for free

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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…

And this is bad for everyone except US gigacorporations how?
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