If you think the current White House administration and Microsoft aren't on the more trustworthy side of the trust spectrum, then who in your opinion is more trustworthy?
Who would I trust? I’ll start with someone providing some sort of proof. Which is entirely absent here.
Microsoft has done untrustworthy things. They've also build the most successful (esp. in the longer view) commercial computing ecosystem because it hit the right balance between stability/robustness/usability. Many elements of that include proving some minimum burdens of trustworthiness (not to be confused with earning absolute trust).
The US government... cf the 20th century? You mean the greatest secular advancements in the human condition in history? And as for the age of "American Empire" (post WW2? Post Cold War?)... are you referring to the relatively most peaceful, humane, self-effacing hegemon that has ever been known the planet (not to be confused with a perfectly peaceful and human hegemon)?
This flippant stance combined with absolutely no countervailing context and fantasy burdens of proof... please.
I don't really doubt the allegations, as the motive makes sense, but I'm hoping there will be a good postmortem.
Millions of bombed, displaced and otherwise sanctioned to oblivion might disagree with this level of modesty and humility.
Maybe America wouldn't be top of the list but the point is made in distinction to other regimes that achieved remotely similar power differentials.
The US murdered massive amounts of people in East Asia and the Middle East during that time period. Napalm, Agent Orange, war crimes... We were as bad as any hegemony. Much worse actually, due to technical superiority. We also have the largest prison population of any country (per capita and in total) due to the "war" on drugs.
So yes, I'd say we're near the bottom of the list. Especially if you go back past the 20th century (slavery, genocide).
Here's a community that contains minority beliefs but in English. I've pasted in another post. Judge by yourself they are rational people or not.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/03/is-china-hacking-rando...
Remember Bush/The New York Times falsely claiming that Iraq had WMD? A lesson we shouldn't quickly forget. Especially when the current admin has already initiated illegal military action. I'm weary of war hawks and the propaganda that supports them.