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Comment by BJones12 | Hacker News Reader

> I'm just not sure if the world deserves this.

As someone who is part of the non-USA world, I'm fine with it.

He says on a US made phone and computer, visiting a US website, using a currency tightly correlated to the US dollar, in a country which imports most of its services from the US, and he works in the services sector, or he works making goods which US consumers buy, speaking English out of necessity not just courtesy, in a country with a small defense budget, in a US military alliance, whose defense is ensured by US government institutions.

I don’t know which country the OP is from, but:

> He says on a US made phone and computer

All phones and ~all computers are made in China.

> using a currency tightly correlated to the US dollar

Many currencies in the world are strong and independent of the US dollar.

> in a country which imports most of its services from the US

[citation needed]. What sort of services? I’ve never heard of offshoring to the US, but I have heard of offshoring to places like India.

> speaking English out of necessity not just courtesy

Well, those guys from England surely have done a lot of conquering.

All the software on your phone and computer is made in the US, and that’s what you are paying for.

I’m using a Samsung phone. A lot of the software on my phone (especially the software I paid for with the phone) is made in South Korea. I don’t pay for a lot of apps, but the apps I paid for were made by developers from France, Spain, Japan, Austria/Germany, and the US, one each.

My computers are running Windows, sure, but my most used software would be Firefox, built by people from all over the world. Second place would probably belong to JetBrains Rider, made by a company headquartered in Czechia.

Yeah, Android is made in South Korea, right.

Android isn’t. Samsung heavily customizes Android, especially the user-facing portions.

LOL his phone and computer were NOT made in the US. Also US is a net IMPORTER not exporter...

> He says on a US made phone [no] and computer [no], visiting a US website [yes], using a currency tightly correlated to the US dollar [yes], in a country which imports most of its services from the US [no], and he works in the services sector [yes], or he works making goods [no] which US consumers buy [no], speaking English out of necessity not just courtesy [no], in a country with a small defense budget [yes], in a US military alliance [yes], whose defense is ensured by US government institutions [yes].

5/12

You choose your phone and computer for its software, which is all made in the US. Even if you use an Android phone, Android is made in the US. Samsung software is developed by Samsung US in San Francisco Bay Area. I can’t believe how many people don’t get this.

As someone who is part of the non-USA world, I'm mostly disappointed in humanity.

Promoting hatred & violence, justifying fraud as being normal, neglecting environmental damage for our children to solve, has won.

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