[Anarch157a]

It's much easier to smuggle a USB drive with Windows updates than it is a few tonnes of metal.

Then China will switch a billion desktops to Linux and the US will still need rare earths.

[rat87]

I run desktop Linux. It's pretty hard to switch a billion desktops to Linux even if you do it one at a time. Not to mention a ton of problems with compatibility and corporate and government IT

[wakawaka28]

The Chinese pirate Windows extensively, and the code has been leaked before. If IP law goes out the window, they will do whatever the hell they want.

[stickfigure]

> Then China will switch a billion desktops to Linux

Easier than smuggling a few tonnes of metal? Let me introduce you to my elderly parents...

[deadfoxygrandpa]

old people in china don't have computers, they use smart phones

[mothballed]

If all the US needs is a few tonnes the cartels can get it done no problem.