So are console sold with the possibility of changing the OS, only to have that option removed later? There was some issue with PS3, but apart from that I never heard about it.

If true, this is sabotage of the customers product, and must 100% be illegal in almost any country!!
But my guess is they are limiting this to countries that have absolute shit consumer protection.

Insanely skewed and editorialized headline!!

How is China importing from Africa at no tariffs preventing Africa from exporting to China?

To reduce imbalances in Sino-African trade, China has removed tariffs in recent years on 98% of products imported from 21 African countries,

And you even quote this yourself:

Ultimately, the onus is on African governments to turn trade openness into an engine for industrial growth

Maybe such agreements are easier to make between EU and India now that UK is no-longer a member of EU?
India still has a significant grudge against UK from colonial times. Despite EU and UK has abandoned the colonial tendencies, and now work for a world based on international law.
I get so sad every time I see India side with Russia and China claiming they are not colonial powers, and they respect the independence of India, despite India has a territorial dispute with China! But they claim siding with Russia is better because India needs independence.
Although Europe and UK absolutely fully respect and even to some degree help protect the independence of India. USA on the other hand has now become a complete wild card, impossible to know which side they choose, because the administration is so corrupt they choose decidedly and openly to act against US interests to line their own pockets.

It’s not just Trump that cedes the global economic leadership of USA, it’s the American population, they did that when they voted MAGA in 2016, and they put the final nail in the coffin when they reelected Trump in 2024.
The MAGA ideology was always disrespect for allies and partners. Tearing up all sorts of agreements including trade agreements and regarding security where Trump already during his first time used rhetoric about how NATO was obsolete. And a constant messaging on how the world needs USA more than USA needs the world.

So Americans chose to pull away and cede leadership both economic and and on defense.
This ideology has permeated the GOP since Bush the older became President, heck it had already started with Reagan.
This is not an isolated problem that suddenly happened January last year. This is a trend that USA has taken as a people for many decades.

Of course there are both good and smart people in USA, and they are not the ones that are driving the destructive mentality of the people as a whole. But unfortunately the stupid and malignant people of USA have taken over. And they have done that repeatedly, electing worse and worse candidates. Now to a point where a lot of the damage they are doing is irreversible.

and deserve death

What? I never said any such thing. But yes of course Russia has been the enemy of EU for a long time, even before invading Ukraine, because they’ve manipulated European politics, something friendly states simply don’t do. Incidentally USA has done the same several times since Trump became President.
Obviously Russia is an enemy since they’ve invaded a peaceful European democracy.
And now USA is threatening the same, threatening to invade Greenland, despite they’ve been allies with Denmark for 85 years. And Denmark has been among the most faithful allies to USA.

But no I am not calling for the death of either all Americans or all Russians, that is hyperbole that is happening in your mind.
Most likely if USA invades Greenland there will be very little to no military response. The response will be very strong economically though, and the threat alone has already almost completely destroyed the NATO alliance. USA is a bigger enemy now than China! Think about it! We trust USA less than we trust China now!
How do you think that will influence support for USA in the future?

But using Russia as a comparative example is pretty spot on, because USA is behaving like Russia now.

It’s not hate, I’m just stating an obvious fact, that USA is now an enemy to democracy and the international rule of law, and also to human rights.
How am I a fascist for pointing out a fundamental problem of USA that goes way beyond Trump?
There are good people in USA, but they are still part of a system that has now become our enemy.

Politically I am very much a moderate, and I have to realize that there is absolutely nothing moderate about USA as a country right now. USA isn’t even a real democracy, considering they have only 2 right wing parties. 1 is far right, the other is extreme right.

Especially when it’s a democracy, although USA always was a dysfunctional democracy, the people did have the power to prevent Trump.

It’s awful yes, but it’s a fact.
USA as a country is an enemy, and technically that means all Americans.
If the sane Americans can change things back to normal in USA, this would end.
But as it is, when USA as a country is an enemy, the population of that country becomes an enemy too. Because it’s the population that allow the government to function as it does.

Go ask Renee good’s family

You are among those that allowed it to come to this. All Americans are responsible for failing to do more, as it is the entirety of American society. Although everybody is not equally responsible of course.

Where do I write I’m into collective punishment?

The American people as a whole is allowing it.
Yes some resist, but in total Trump and his administration is allowed to break the law over and over again. Sometimes even legalized by the supreme court.

USA as a country is finished compared to what it once was, it has descended into complete sociopathy and disregard for the law and human rights, and any decency is long gone, where even legal immigrants and citizens are thrown out the country while illegal immigrants like Elon Musk and Melania Trump get a pass because they are rich. And USA as a country behaves decidedly like a mafia towards other countries and their leaders, even including long time allies.

Like it or not, if you are American you are fucking part of that, and if you aren’t actively resisting, you are contributing to the madness. And it is way way far from half the population of USA that is actively resisting. So for sure the majority of the American population is STILL enabling this shit show.

There’s a reason Americans are unpopular, not just Trump and the administration.
There are good Americans, but they are such a small minority, when a malignant narcissist which is just about the worst personality disorder that exist can be elected President with half the votes, and about 40% of the population not bothering to vote.
2 thirds of the American population either wanted Trump, or didn’t mind enough to vote against him.
That is a very clear indication that USA as a society has gone insane and has become sociopathic.

USA as a country is our enemy now, not just the GOP. USA as a country and as a society is an enemy because of the administration they collectively elected and collectively allow to continue.
But obviously Americans that oppose the system are not as much enemies, how much of a dimwit do you have to be to have to have that pointed out?

Edit:
USA is de facto our (EU) enemy now, and they are an enemy of democracy and the international law based order.
Every American is part of US society, they work there, live there and have their economy and pay taxes there, and by that they are supporting the American regime even if it is unwilling, and they help funding of the USA military.
This technically goes for even people like AOC and Bernie who I politically support. if people like AOC and Bernie came to power, we would have no problem normalizing relations with USA again, at least for 4 years. Obviously things can never go back to the way they were before, they could obviously become a lot better than they are now. But we can never really trust USA again, when they have such a huge portion of their population that will vote for someone worse than a psychopath, and too thirds either support him or don’t mind having a malignant narcissist for president.

So most definitely this problem is not limited to MAGA or GOP, it’s based in a mental sickness of the American society, where narcissism is seen as an expression of freedom. The US society is sick like when a person is sick with cancer. Not all cells in the body are cancerous, but enough are to make the body terminally ill. And that is how USA is today.
We can’t judge USA by the good and non crazy people in USA, because they are not in power, and they are unable to reign in the insanity that is going on.
Saying we should consider USA based on them too, would be like considering Germany during WW2 on the fact that they also had a Jewish minority. Politically and regarding how Germany behaved that was completely irrelevant. And in the same way the people that try to resist Trump are irrelevant, because they have zero impact on how USA behaves as a country.
But no I don’t judge Americans that voted against Trump, or Americans that are trying to resist. I wish more would do that. Fighting Trump is a worthy fight.
But it seems many Americans find it hard to accept that USA is now an enemy. Not Trump, not MAGA, not GOP. But USA as a country.

Hey Putin we promise not to arrest you, promise!

The problem is not Trump it’s the enablers who won’t stop him

Exactly, and there are way to few that are willing to risk anything to try to stop him.
I just saw a video by an analyst (Anders Puck Nielsen) that dismissed the idea that Trump would invade Greenland, because he claimed Trump wouldn’t be allowed to do it.
This is a channel I very much respect for usually having very good analysis of the current situation.
But in this case, it was just so far off I was shocked. Because obviously Trump wouldn’t ask permission, and the people in the administration actually want him to do it.
And we’ve seen evidence the military is already preparing, forming the Arctic force under.
Trump has all the support he needs to do it, believing someone would stop him is ridiculous.

Oh NO, I guess I was wrong, there is no problem tariffs can’t solve.
😋

Yes, that’s kind of true. The problem is not only an insane President, but also that the checks and balances are also to a large degree corrupt and insane.
Especially the supreme court.

USA is so finished, Americans allowing this shitshow to continue is as ridiculous as the shitshow itself.
The checks and balances were never designed to manage a psychotic criminal administration. And that is still what Americans are relying on!

The curse of being a Marxist is that I’m right

🤣 🤣 🤣
Marxism has been wrong since 1848.

Your claim is completely baseless, USA is going down the shitter, and so is Russia. But when Russia is defeated in Ukraine, the rest of the world will be fine. USA can piss right off, we don’t need them. If they continue their bullshit, there are already talk in EU that we may need to invalidate US patents, to take control of our infrastructure. IDK if you are American, but you definitely sound like it. Americans tend to think USA is the center of the world, but they aren’t anymore. And their political influence is diminishing fast. In Germany even AfD has denounced Trump after his threats against Greenland.
I have no fear for our future in EU, and I have no fear for our democracy, because we still use our democracy actively, as could be seen recently when we demonstrated against USA, a demonstration that far exceeded anything in USA under Trump on a per Capita basis, despite Greenland doesn’t have any impact on daily life in Denmark, and Greenland cost us money because we don’t steal their ressources.