Lots of folks spreading warnings: Oh, careful what you type into DeepSeek! It might be spying on you for the communist Chinese government.

But really, if someone is gonna be spying on me, would I rather it was:

* the Chinese communist party who have essentially no affect or influence over my life at all and are based half a world away

or

* western capitalist corporations who try to control everything I see and hear and push adverts in my face and bribe my government and affect my life in ways innumerable and uncountable?

⚖️ 🤷

I mean I'd rather none of them were allowed or able to spy on me but if someone has to...