An unfortunate question, that we have to ask ourselves when using tech, is "Who is less likely to sell us out to the very Empire in which we reside?" The answer never includes any of the United States of Big Tech Corporations.
Empire wants borders except when it comes to our data.
We can absolutely own our own our own means of communication. The People's Internet.
We spend billions on the cloud and internet service providers to use their submarine cable infrastructure. Why not own it ourselves?
A Chinese court has ruled against AI replacing workers.