Funny how "tech work" is associated with working for companies that spy on everyone and show ads (FB, Google) instead of companies that actually provide tools to manufacture tech stuff (Dassault Systemes).
You're ignoring that many of the large American tech companies provide cloud platforms, which certainly fits the bill of "providing tools to manufacture stuff"
But the biggest American so-called "tech" companies seem to be all about surveillance, privacy violations, selling data of their users and "adtech", unfortunately. And also bypassing laws and regulations while abusing their workers - airbnb, uber and other "innovative" companies like that.
If Europe is lagging behind, because we don't have those "adtech" companies then - good - I don't want us to be ahead. You are free to compete with China to see who will invade their citizens' privacy harder.
And what about actual high-tech stuff like bullet trains, maglevs, etc? How many of those has the USA built lately?
> ignored the likes of Apple
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26639261
> or Amazon
Google collects 20 times more telemetry from Android devices than Apple from iOS https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26639261
Yes, Amazon Is Tracking People https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17474359
Problem with "spying" is that nearly every company that can, is trying to. I'm not familiar with dassault systemes but wouldn't be surprised if they did too, to "improve their products". The degree of sophistication obviously varies.
The top comment was incredibly reductive and it seems it's going to turn into a pointless flamewar soon enough.
To me, they are almost always going together. Let's see if you like these links then:
Apple Finds Its Next Big Business: Showing Ads on Your iPhone (bloomberg.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32461690
Apple developers are frustrated with gambling ads appearing across the App Store (theverge.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33346376
Apple benefits its own ads in the name of privacy (twitter.com/patrickmcgee_)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28897027
Amazon ads are everywhere. It’s only the beginning (vox.com)
Apple News articles App Store results App Store listings
That's it. Apple isn't doing a large, general audience advertising network.
Since that article, it's only shifting more towards making money selling ads to boost your product on its product listing than it is actually selling products.