alt Hacker News> We aquired TikTok because of the perceived threat
It's very tangential to your point (which is somewhat fair), but it's just extremely weird to see a statement like this in 2026, let alone on HN. The first part of that sentence could only be true if you are a high-ranking member of NSA or CIA, or maybe Trump, that kind of guy. Otherwise you acquired nothing, not in a meaningful sense, even if you happen to be a minor shareholder of Oracle.
The second part is just extremely naïve if sincere. Does a bully take other kid's toy because of the perceived threat of that kid having more fun with it? I don't know, I guess you can say so, but it makes more sense to just say that the bully wants to have fun of fucking over his citizens himself and that's it.
I think my main issue is by running Chinese trained models, we are potentially hosting sleeping agents. China could easily release an updated version of the model waiting for a trigger. I don't think that's naive, I think its a very real attack vector. Not sure what the solution is, but we're now sitting with a loaded gun people think is a toy.