On: DeepSeek banned from U.S. federal civilian agencies under new DHS order

[Razengan]

Hypothetically, if all companies just refused to ever develop anything for the government, what would the government do?

[TeMPOraL → Razengan]

Invoke Defense Procurement and jail a bunch of CEOs so others fall in line?

[killingtime74 → Razengan]

Probably hire people to do it themselves. They are the government, after all.

[fakedang → Razengan]

Not going to happen because building for the suckers in government pays. Or rather overpays.

[moron4hire → fakedang]

It pays better than working for the government directly. It does not pay well overall.

[jrvarela56 → Razengan]

Pay someone else to develop. Usually someone shows up because people need to make a living.

[timcobb → Razengan]

See Tennessee executions

[asdfsa32 → Razengan]

Hypothetically, they will import people who will do it.