I do agree blocking Palantir is a good move but the Spanish government is doing it for the wrong reason. Spain is storing all sort of data on Chinese servers, including their Intelligence, and Judicial wiretaps.
This is a great victory because Spain's tax system contains structural mechanisms that turn 'Hacienda' into judge and jury, incentivising the aggressive pursuit of taxpayers.
Juan García Castillejo published 'La telegrafía rápida, el triteclado y la música eléctrica' (High-speed telegraphy, the three-keyboard system, and electric music) in 1944.
'Until early in 1778, the American Revolution was a civil war within the British Empire, but it became an international war as France (in 1778) and Spain (in 1779) joined the colonies against Britain. The Netherlands, which was engaged in its own war with Britain, provided financial support for the Americans as well as official recognition of their independence. The French navy in particular played a key role in bringing about the British surrender at Yorktown, which effectively ended the war.'
The University of Maryland, Baltimore, 'is charting unexplored territory in human biology. Using our cutting-edge Smart Underwear device - a comfortable non-invasive wearable that simply snaps onto any underwear material - we're building the first comprehensive database of real-world flatus patterns, transforming an embarrassing taboo into empowering health data.'
> It's mind boggingly stupid that they lock down apps like this, when you can just open the thing in a website anyway. I can use my bank on some linux distro...
Not in Spain. I can access my bank's website but I can't do anything without their bank app. Even sometimes they require to confirm my identity using their app in order to access their website.
I have several linux phones but I can only do banking with their app downloaded from Aurora Store in my Vollaphone.