Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: OT - TV Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc Date: 10 Oct 2026 00:50:52 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <11a0e8d$11vos$1@dont-email.me> <11a0g0l$11hcr$7@dont-email.me> <11a197j$1de5v$1@dont-email.me> <11a28fj$1n9ag$3@dont-email.me> <11a2vth$20kbn$1@dont-email.me> <11a30em$20mv4$2@dont-email.me> <11a31hu$21a1u$1@dont-email.me> <11a5ckj$2res6$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ILShO/M/vVEcRBciNDNwbw1bua169uV7za8pw14uXvQ2WkmHXg Cancel-Lock: sha1:gYEYfJu3MIcUGxsyg/xhovLGOZg= sha256:ukOzKrX3552hQXdYY+PiuarSA7c6VnIUkFyzNp7J0hc= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:36031 alt.comp.os.windows-10:196783 comp.os.linux.advocacy:723569 comp.os.linux.misc:93277 On Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:02:49 -0500, chrisv wrote: > Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> Hopefully the lesson learned is not to depend on any single supplied >>> for any given resource, rather than to avoid depending solely on China >>> in particular. >> >>That's a lost game. > > "Nice" attitude. Well, it is a realistic attitude as long as corporations see increased profits regardless of the impact on their 'home' countries, not that multinationals have a home. otoh I don't think a Chinese company that was not benefiting China would last very long.