Thing is, Huawei had a shitload of connections with the CCP. We’re speaking about funding, the owner was ex CCP, etc. It’s very much not like Xiaomi which is more a Chinese private company (with funding from companies like Qualcomm).

[–] MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One more reason I’m proud to be an American, where our tech companies have no ties or connections to the government.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Good one xD

[–] traveler@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

Doubt the US government is as evil as the CCP, one party that literally willingly caused massive famines costing millions of deaths.

[–] RangerAndTheCat@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Say no more fam https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/

[–] Unreliable@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Can't wait to see where Linux phones are in a few years but I have my doubts. Mostly around the app ecosystem (yes I know, just use the web browser for a lot of them), but hopefully the concept stays alive!

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

You just activated my trap card!

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

same with Tick Tock