In which case Taiwan Province should refuse American demands to build chip factories in the US. If Taiwan's strategic value comes from microchips then the US not having it's own domestic supply prevents the US from walking away.
On the other hand, reunification has been a core interest for China since long before microchips were even a thing. You could Thanos snap all the chip foundries away tomorrow and the Chinese interest in reunification would not substantially diminish.
Worst case scenario for the west is that the Russians just rename the chain "Burger Tsar" or something and continue as normal. Russians still get their treats, BK gets no money.
But Burger King sells to Russians and repatriates some of its profits back to the US. If BK leaves Russia then Russians will spend their money on other restaurants, presumably ones which do not send profits overseas (due to the sanctions) which paradoxically means more money staying in Russia.
If the restaurants close then there will be some momentary unemployment but there's a war going on so unemployment helps smooth over manpower issues. That's also ignoring the possibility of a Russian entity stepping into BK's shoes like they did with McD's and just running the place without the trademarks.
I remember when the sanctions started and Western fast food, media, and social media were all pulling out. Someome quipped "oh no, Russians will be the healthiest and happiest people on the planet. How awful."
I don't get the lactose intolerance thing. I'm Chinese and I have no problem with dairy, milk is common at supermarkets across East Asia. Korean and Japanese people love slathering cheese on things. Coffee with milk is really common in China.
I look at stats like how we are supposed to be 98% lactose intolerant and think I'm being gaslit one way or another. At this point I know more lactose intolerant white people than Asian people.
Or it's actually just some benign thing because you haven't posted any evidence which says that the .gsX files are even malicious or caused by Chinese apps. I've been googling for it and haven't found any serious documentation about it. A reddit post linking it with Hotels.com (American company, lmao) and an LTT thread linking it to Ladaza (a Filipino app). In the absence of more and better proof, I'm not even convinced that it's an exploit.
And again. You claimed that ALL Chinese apps ask for IMEI permissions. No proof of that either. It's all just made up horse shit to justify your vibes based racism about how Chinese people can't code.
Regarding health coverage, it definitely depends on the employer, if you are unemployed and didn't pay the optional premium, you won't be cured as well. In other capitalist European countries you would be cured the same way for free no matter if you are homeless, unemployed or a billionaire. I lived several months in Beijing and I never saw an ambulance on the streets. Asked around, I always got the same response "ambulance too expensive, we go hospital by taxi". Seems weird that a "communist" country doesn't share resources with the comrades.
None of this is consistent with the link I provided so it's your word and anecdote against the professionally prepared page and its supporting citations.
IMO it's not really reasonable to blame the consumer for the shitification of Amazon. The only things that could have stopped this would have been more rigorous regulatory action against Amazon's mergers and anticompetitive practices years ago.
Successful businesses tend towards monopoly and once they're close to that position it's almost impossible for individual consumers to do anything about it.
Maybe the folders are empty because your Xiaomi has the "cleaner" app. Did you ever wonder why only Chinese phones have "cleaner" apps? Because the situation in the country is widely abused.
Again. Explain the Samsung not having a single hidden folder under the same circumstances. Is it because Samsung had a "cleaner" function too? Is the situation in South Korea widely abused top? Most Android phones have cleaning and self maintenance functions. Google's Files app has a similar cleaning function. Has the problem spread to the US?!
You repeat that taobao or Huawei app store don't have ads on the splash screen. This means you never actually used those apps.
No, those store apps are store apps. Of course they're going to try to sell you shit. When I open my Amazon app the first thing it does is show me shit I might want to buy. Is Besos Chinese now too? When did this happen?
Your ridiculous claim is that all Chinese apps are similar. Therefore they all show ads on boot. My onus of proof is discharged when I show even one single Chinese app with no ads on boot, which is a lot of them.
The way you're defending those coding practices is really weird. I notice now your username. Now I understand. It's not that because the ruling party has a nostalgic symbol in their logo (but it's as capitalist as the usa, without health insurance you're fucked), the apps made in that country are automatically good and perfect.
Oh that's weird, tell me about how Chinese people are fucked without health insurance when there's universal health insurance?
I'm not defending any coding practices because there's no such thing as a "Chinese coding practice" to defend. You started off saying that there were at least 3 verifiable things that all Chinese apps do, and now you're down to "look, there's a general vibe from apps from China".
I used all of them because I got my new phone a few days into the trip and used it for the remaining week or so I was there. I'm still using Chinese apps on a daily basis now, so why are they all empty?
Let's talk about your other claims as well. Irrelevant permissions? Zero. Ads on boot? Hardly everything since most of the utility apps don't have ads at all.
i repeat the statement, all chinese apps are similar, look for example mijia and meidi smart home, they're basically identical, like "there's only one way to make a smart home app"
All American apps are similar. Look for example Twitter and Threads, they're basically identical, like "there's only one way to make a social media platform"
I use dozens of chinese apps and i can totally distinguish immediately when the dev is chinese.
Well I'm sorry my digital caliper sense isn't as developed as yours. I'll strive to be better.
Akshully I don't have an irrational fear of landlords, I have a seething but rational hatred for them.