As @pluralistic advised a few days ago, Canada has a PERFECT weapon at its disposal to fight back against Trump tariffs:
Punish the "intellectual property" cartel by giving people a way to jailbreak everything.
@dangillmor @pluralistic the Canadian IP cartel has concerns
@dangillmor @pluralistic I'm ready to join the software engineering counter-revolution. Jail-break is my middle name, and I have some rusty skills.
@dangillmor @pluralistic
Don't get mad; get even.
@dangillmor Wouldn't even raise an eyebrow. Canada's plan to target tariffs in ways that would most affect red states is far more useful for attracting their attention.
@lauren @dangillmor Maybe following @pluralistic 's proposal wouldn't have much effect on #uspol, but at least they would benefit Canadians directly; most of the responses Canada is considering would hurt us too.
Do both.
@dangillmor @pluralistic why hasn't some other country already done this?
Like, India or China or Thailand or Nigeria?
@dangillmor
Yes! I love this so much! Can we please have a CA-droid app store!
@parismarx I’d like to hear some discussions about this proposal from @pluralistic on the next episode of Tech Won’t Save Us