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A simple transaction: In exchange for giving the Chinese Communist Party complete access to your device, you too can have a sexually suggestive virtual woman on your computer.
You might think that's pretty discriminatory, assuming that the developer and the government are working together just because they're Chinese. To you, I would suggest reading reports by the U.S.-China Economic AND Security Review Commission on uscc.gov. Specifically, Chapter 2, Section 3 titled "The Chinese Government's Evolving Control of the Nonstate Sector", which states: "any entity may be compelled to act on behalf of the Chinese government’s interest, regardless of the state’s formal ownership". In short, the separation of state and nonstate firms that we take for granted in the western world does not apply to Chinese companies. All Chinese companies are therefore agents of the CCP and should be treated as such.
There's also the consideration that Valve would not allow products on Steam that contained viruses or spyware. That's true, they wouldn't. However, cybersecurity is difficult and safety is not guaranteed. There has been multiple instances of security issues with products in the past, such as the 'Redshell' incident which raised privacy concerns and 'Slay The Spire Downfall' containing a virus due to the developer being hacked. Steam software is generally pretty safe but I would steer clear of Chinese developers personally.
I also wanted to say that I have nothing against the *people* of China.
Thanks for attending my TED Talk.
You might think that's pretty discriminatory, assuming that the developer and the government are working together just because they're Chinese. To you, I would suggest reading reports by the U.S.-China Economic AND Security Review Commission on uscc.gov. Specifically, Chapter 2, Section 3 titled "The Chinese Government's Evolving Control of the Nonstate Sector", which states: "any entity may be compelled to act on behalf of the Chinese government’s interest, regardless of the state’s formal ownership". In short, the separation of state and nonstate firms that we take for granted in the western world does not apply to Chinese companies. All Chinese companies are therefore agents of the CCP and should be treated as such.
There's also the consideration that Valve would not allow products on Steam that contained viruses or spyware. That's true, they wouldn't. However, cybersecurity is difficult and safety is not guaranteed. There has been multiple instances of security issues with products in the past, such as the 'Redshell' incident which raised privacy concerns and 'Slay The Spire Downfall' containing a virus due to the developer being hacked. Steam software is generally pretty safe but I would steer clear of Chinese developers personally.
I also wanted to say that I have nothing against the *people* of China.
Thanks for attending my TED Talk.
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