Why would my country blacklist DeepSeek? Perhaps crazy lunacy like: "Your product is too good and too inexpensive: consumers like US companies and individuals need to pay more for services."

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CookieCrisp an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Isn't that effectively what they've done in regards to chinese cars?

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hsuduebc2 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm interested if this is a tactic from Chinese side to undermine competition by subsidizing this price dumping.

	▲	sinuhe69 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		How it’s price dumping if they give you the model to run free on your own hardware? Follow this logic, are not all OSS price dumping and should be blocked as well? I remember Steve Ballmer once called for that! I’m pretty sure the digital lords like that proposal a lot. Not so much about the serfs themselves, though.

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memonkey 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, but they won't say that. Instead they will say _too Chinese, too communist, too national security-y_

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aurareturn 4 hours ago | parent [-]

They usually say it has "ties" to the Chinese military. Meanwhile, every big tech from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Anthropic, and a ton of smaller corporations directly supply the US military.

	▲	hsuduebc2 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I mean, usually people saying this are politician's so you must at least assume they are hypocritical or lying in some way. Needless to say, I'm not surprised that they are trying to block them.