We use the above mentioned services and I don't agree with the assessment as we are cloud native and use lambda heavily and we think its an amazing service to use to move faster!
HKIA is the critical lifeline of Hong Kong, the economy is already suffering, i think its matter of time before PLA gets involved. I'm very concerned for Hong Kong and its people.
What could force possibly accomplish? Do you think an economy would operate after you massacre thousands? Do you think people would show up to work? They could sack the city, guaranteeing no money would come out of it. If it’s profit they want then they will need to bend, not break.
I agree that force would only result in more pushback. But Beijing increasingly sees Hong Kong as a problematic territory. At the time of handover Hong Kong almost constituted 18% of China’s GDP and now it’s less than that of what Shenzhen contributes. So Hong Kong is losing its leverage to claim autonomy and if Hong Kong’s economy further contracts, what choice people in Hong Kong have?
That's not as important as the fact that it spies on foreigners and hacks their computers. Americans somehow decided spying and hacking is OK as long as it's being done to others, not themselves. They shouldn't be surprised that other countries hold the reciprocal views.
Other countries will hold reciprocal views regardless of American sentiments on the issue. Nations are not people and hypocrisy doesn't matter on an international scale. Any student of history would see this.
Before they announce tons of new stuff to please the shareholders, there are much awaited enhancements on existing products which are much over due. Case in point this thread. Keep the developers happy. Just saying.
