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0 pointsnitrogen9y ago0 comments

State surveillance does turn away some foreign customers, according to prior articles and comments on HN.

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dogma11389y ago· 1 in thread

Not according to revenue and actual business reports.

Google isn't making any less money.

Well, Google continues to make plenty of money.

It's kinda hard to prove a negative.

The surveillance industry also acts as an implicit subsidy so it's a toss up if it's actually a net drain on Silicon Valley's economic position.

Other than Germany companies nobody really cares about state surveillance.

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