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> But when Western companies load up their hardware with spyware and adware they are smart and savvy at business.

I have never met anybody (online or otherwise) that believes this.



It's not as overt as I describe it. It's often a subtle bias.

A great example in my own life: people have expressed concern to me when I tell them how I own a Chinese robot vacuum that can map my house. They think it's Chinese spyware.

And yet, iRobot, an American company now owned by Amazon, was the one caught in a privacy and data collection scandal related to test units that leaked interior photos of homes. [1]

[1] https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/10/1066500/roomba-i...




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