• kakes@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    On the other hand, with more money going to the US alternatives, there’s more potential for a US company to step into that niche once it’s open.

    Not that it’ll necessarily happen obviously, but it does make it a bit easier at least.

    Also, I feel like I should add the disclaimer of “I’m not American.” I wish I could show my country next to my username or something lol.

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      8 months ago

      Just wait until Putin gives up violent expansion, Ukraine will have some really good drone designs.

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      8 months ago

      I have yet to see that happen. If anything they’ll just raise their prices because they no longer have any competitors.

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      8 months ago

      I wish I could show my country next to my username or something lol.

      You could use a vanity username with a flag emoji in it, if you really wanted to.

      • kakes@sh.itjust.works
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        8 months ago

        Not sure if I’m able to change my username (and too lazy to check right now), but that’s honestly not a bad plan.

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          8 months ago

          You can’t change the username, but you can change the display name.

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      8 months ago

      Problem is that, especially with the automakers, is that a lack of competition becomes an excuse to not invest in innovation. For example, General Motors is throwing billions into stock buy-backs, when they probably should be throwing that into EVs.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah, that’s the stuff that makes this difficult. I can talk all day about what “makes sense”, but you throw one corporate executive into the mix and everything falls apart.