By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026All over the world, governments promised to lock up entrepreneurs and technologists if they dared to disenshittify America's defective tech exports. In exchange, these governments were promised free trade with the USA: tariff-free access to American consumers. 78/ 117320
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026That's where Trump comes in. From the moment his "Liberation Day" tariffs landed, any country that upheld its anti-circumvention laws was sacrificing its national competitiveness, resiliency and integrity in exchange for *nothing*. 79/ 119323
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/08/2026Trump reneged on America's obligations to its trading partners, just like he reneged on every deal he's ever made: pluralistic.net/2026/07/22/t... The good news is, this means we can have VCRs again! 80/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Trump’s America can’t even win a rigged game (22 Jul 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 219218