The context is not that complicated. But im not the one who thinks serving and controlling are the same thing. You can be controlled and serve at the same time. But that doesn’t make them the same thing. Not even in context, especially not in context.

The fact you can’t even discern between the two while trying to make a point is dissapointing.

Any normal distro. Kids learn fast. No one taught me how to use Windows 95, or XP. We figured it out.

Yes. Well done. Words does have different meanings. Some idiot previously said “its the same thing.”

Which is why I made the comment that they are not. The same thing. Glad you agree.

No. You can serve without being controlled. And you can be controlled without serving.

The waitress is serving me but they’re not being controlled. It’s something they choose to do.

And you can be controlled in what you say and so, without serving. E.g. a prisoner.

So no. They’re not the same.

Serving and being controlled are two different things. Make up your mind. Which is is it?

Sure buddy. And 9/11 was an inside job and airplanes are spreading chem-trails to control the population and weather too.

That’s not what that means.

The fact that a company who wants to operate in the US has to follow US guidelines is obvious. But doesn’t mean the US government has significant power over them if they’re not based in the US.

It does matter. Because the US can do it if they decide to. They have significant power over companies based in their country.

They do not have significant power over companies NOT based in their country.

I’m not American. Nor would I pretend to know how “the rest of the world” feels or speak for all of them.

But the data is sent to China for them to analyze and create models of citizen movement, influencing forgein citizens by deciding what content they see.

Yes. A government is ok with tracking their own citizens. But don’t want other governments to track their citizens.

Yes. But the US can control US based companies, and create laws regarding how that data is used. They can’t control a chineese one.

Do you understand how the US government might think it’s a problem that foreign countries get access to every step their citizens take?

You think the problem with tiktok was that it was simply made in China?

Not the fact that it collected vast amount of data from everyone?

And here’s a friendly reminder that Lenovo has had their very fair share of problems regarding security and data collection too.