By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026The real hard part isn't writing or running the code - it's extracting the data, replacing the firmware, and bridging new systems - like post-American social media platforms - into the existing ones. 55/ 2666
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026This part is hard because every country in the world has agreed to a trade deal with America wherein they agreed to make it illegal to reverse-engineer US tech exports, in exchange for tariff-free access to US markets. 56/ 1686
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/07/2026Trump has made the case for abandoning these deals better than I ever could have: pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/p... 57/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Comrade Trump (20 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 3742
