A yank without a yank
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2025
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Ok I've wanted to ask this question but can't figure out who to ask it to:
Can America cut off our digital subscriptions? Examples that I care about: Steam... That's all I can think about but I guess streaming services? Maybe Spotify?
Can Trump announce a digital embargo and shut Canadians out of their paid for libraries, since it's all just "renting" and never owning anyways?
Unequivocally yes, they can do that.
It would be an extreme measure, but I have been warning people and emailling my MP/MPP about this issue.
All it would take for our phones to stop working is Apple and Google invalidating one security certificate. They could release backdroored versions of our phone operating systems (I'm sure somebody would be checking the OS checksums somewhere).
US cloud companies being forced to stop allowing canadian credit cards alone would kill most canadian tech.
Google runs their own cloud hosting so I think they would fight that as it would really hurt their business, so I hope trump does try and piss off more people in power.
And when has Trump cared about these things?
As long as the US congress and senate let him rule as king, he's king, and he'll just claim any bad press is Google's unfair retribution.
Well he has backed down and some stuff recently because I'm assuming he knows he needs the tech bros to stay in power. They let him control the narrative. If he alienated them, that would be alienating his main ally in his re election campaign.