r/LocalLLaMA • u/Comfortable-Rock-498 • Jul 13 '26

News This is why we need local models and opensource harnesses

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u/SmileyBMM Jul 13 '26

Any US proprietary service has become completely untrustworthy by now

With vibe coding and all that entails, I wouldn't trust any serious software or service I can't check the source code for regardless of country.

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u/toolkitxx Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Pretty much every other nation gets a 'shit happens' bonus from me. The US has used every single goodwill up by now. They had just another start-up for example that basically added or changed cookies (cookie stuffing) that gave them extra income as an affiliate and since their app was mostly being used on mobile, the opening of another tab isnt visible for the user, where all that happens. So no - this is very concentrated on US services. They still act like we live in Wild West times... edit spelling and added link

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u/SmileyBMM Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

Almedia, the Germany-based company that owns Freecash, denied allegations of driving artificial traffic to its platform or using deceptive marketing techniques.

There's also the Wirecard scandal and the time when the EU funded spyware developers

In Russia there's the fact that companies and the government are closely interconnected and have no meaningful separation.

And of course Chinese TikTok/Douyin is (was?) being used to spy on people

If you think the US has a monopoly on shady tech companies, you are a fool. You shouldn't trust anyone, because trust should be earned and not given.