Tsubasachan

I think thats a bit naive. Sites will track you even when you pay for it. Do you think anyone would ever give up such a lucrative technology?

Nations don't have friends only interests.

Shoring up the US economy is in everyone's interest up to a certain point ofcourse everyone is exposed to US debt- but when the US starts imposing tariffs to keep out other countries expect criticism.

If Huawei delivers good products for less money I have no doubt many will go with them.

Meanwhile US companies can raise their prices thanks to the monopoly the US government just handed them.

Words are cheap. We will see how many patriotic people will gray import Chinese products to avoid the Trump tax.

Emergency services need to hear your voice and background noise in order to determine what exactly is going on.

So you are angry with Amazon because they sell what you want? Amazon is providing a good enough service that you buy from them, evidently.

And that was KPN as well. Maybe time to give them the boot.

Allow me to say: in a well regulated capitalism. We all know Standard Oil.

Don't blame Amazon if you can't be bothered to use another store. But I am Dutch, I would walk 10 kilometres just to save 50 cents as a matter of principle.

Shipping. The US is huge and many parts are sparsely populated. You can free deliver in 12 hours in New York and make a profit. But you can't do that in North Dakota.

Amazon has the infrastructure to deliver anywhere in the US in a reasonable time and their size allows them to offset that guy in the Oregon woods ordering a pair of socks with a Manhattanite hipster ordering a $1500 coffeemaker.

Indeed. Stores are not your friend. And its not like it was better before Amazon. In fact with online shopping I learned how those brick and mortar retailers were scamming me for decades with their middleman rent seeking.

Yeah Amazon will likely be beaten by a Chinese company at some point.

There is no domination in capitalism. A new competitor always shows up. Consumers are not loyal to Amazon- they will shop anywhere. If you don't believe me look at the airline industry.

Wildfires are often manmade and exacerbated by climate change. Besides it doesn't matter what chokes you in the end dead is dead.

I don't know if the US has air quality norms? If so it could force strong measures that impact the economy.

One can argue if the US government is elected. Many people dont even bother to vote. And big states like California and New York are openly at war with the current administration.

Yeah I always roll my eyes when people talk about "the West". Even the right wing political parties here would be considered center left in the US.