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0 pointsthewebguyd4mo ago0 comments

> but it's just so easy to fall into nationalistic prattle instead of fixing the real problem.

Right. This, right now, is 100% a UK problem. De-Americanising your tech stack isn't going to fix the political issues domestically. Hence Apple pulling ADP out, they made the choice of not complying with the UK and not offering the service instead of compromising the service for everyone else in the world.

UK citizens need to direct their attention inwards against their own government.

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alt2274mo ago

> Right. This, right now, is 100% a UK problem.

Do you not think every other govenrment in the world is currently eyeing this up and figuring out how to do the same thing?

port114mo ago

Scary stuff: they've just handed the EU a reason to go after ADP. Turns out no back door is needed, you just force their position into making ADP unavailable in the EU.

alt2274mo ago

I still believe that 5 eyes organised this, but the UK drew the short straw and had to be the guinea pig.

NetMageSCW4mo ago

That is just borrowing trouble that hasn’t arisen.

denkmoon4mo ago

Oh yes, the UK is very keen on Reform. Reform in this case however is the death rattle of a long dead empire.

rounce4mo ago

“Death rattle”? More like “zombie groan”.

ungreased06754mo ago

Last time I was in the UK, the news (BBC) was bizarrely 90% American politics. Trump this, Trump did that, etc. People there knew American politicians better than the people who actually represent them.

1over1374mo ago

Why “bizarrely”? The US has enormous influence on many countries, Trump’s actions are newsworthy in many places.

lintfordpickle4mo ago

If the UK news is made up of 90% US politics, and 10% UK politics, then I would say that is definitely bizarre.

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subscribed4mo ago

Trump is a chum with Farage, far right con man and Putin's buddy.

For the reasons unknown BBC is *massively* promoting and platforming far right in the last few times (airtime, framing of the events, promoting party lines as facts, etc).

So Trump in the BBC might be considered beneficial to the far right. This would explain it.

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0 pointsthewebguyd4mo ago0 comments

> but it's just so easy to fall into nationalistic prattle instead of fixing the real problem.

UK citizens need to direct their attention inwards against their own government.

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alt2274mo ago

> Right. This, right now, is 100% a UK problem.

Do you not think every other govenrment in the world is currently eyeing this up and figuring out how to do the same thing?

port114mo ago

Scary stuff: they've just handed the EU a reason to go after ADP. Turns out no back door is needed, you just force their position into making ADP unavailable in the EU.

alt2274mo ago

I still believe that 5 eyes organised this, but the UK drew the short straw and had to be the guinea pig.

NetMageSCW4mo ago

That is just borrowing trouble that hasn’t arisen.

denkmoon4mo ago

Oh yes, the UK is very keen on Reform. Reform in this case however is the death rattle of a long dead empire.

rounce4mo ago

“Death rattle”? More like “zombie groan”.

ungreased06754mo ago

1over1374mo ago

Why “bizarrely”? The US has enormous influence on many countries, Trump’s actions are newsworthy in many places.

lintfordpickle4mo ago

If the UK news is made up of 90% US politics, and 10% UK politics, then I would say that is definitely bizarre.

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subscribed4mo ago

Trump is a chum with Farage, far right con man and Putin's buddy.

For the reasons unknown BBC is *massively* promoting and platforming far right in the last few times (airtime, framing of the events, promoting party lines as facts, etc).

So Trump in the BBC might be considered beneficial to the far right. This would explain it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse