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I saw this post and wanted to ask the opposite. What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? Preferably more extreme or unexpected examples.

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[โ€“] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can you source your claims of Huawei 5G tower backdoors? US government has given none in years.

[โ€“] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There were numerous articles in 2020 and earlier talking about vulnerabilities in their products, including hard-coded encryption keys. Vehement denial isn't a good look with such flagrant and obvious failures. I have yet to see any announcements or articles saying this has changed. Until I do, I will assume Huawei doesn't have anything substantial to add to the discussion.

[โ€“] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

US propaganda on Huawei has been unsubstantiated to date. There is zero evidence on the "evils" of Huawei. It was all about 5G race, and NATO countries got salty Huawei and ZTE shat all over the 4G monopoly of West, and that West could no longer leech money off off patent royalties like Qualcomm does in USA on smartphone SoCs. China holds like 70%+ patents on 5G.