As someone living in Europe I'm more concerned with American companies harvesting my data.

Just curious: Why would you prefer your data to be harvested in China vs. the US?

Edit: I'm also genuinely curious about why this question is getting downvoted. Is it offensive or something? I meant no harm to anyone.

The Apple and Google app stores continue to offer private browsing apps that are surreptitiously owned by Chinese companies, more than six weeks after they were identified in a Tech Transparency Project report. Apple and Google may also be profiting from these apps, which put Americans’ privacy and U.S. national security at risk, TTP found.

The apps are virtual private networks (VPNs), which promise to mask a user’s identity as they browse the internet. But Chinese-owned VPNs raise serious privacy and security concerns for Americans because Chinese companies can be forced to share user data with the Chinese government under the country’s national security laws. VPNs have access to particularly sensitive user data since they see all of a person’s web activity.

Just curious: Why would you prefer your data to be harvested in China vs. the US?

Edit: I'm also genuinely curious about why this question is getting downvoted. Is it offensive or something? I meant no harm to anyone.

The Apple and Google app stores continue to offer private browsing apps that are surreptitiously owned by Chinese companies, more than six weeks after they were identified in a Tech Transparency Project report. Apple and Google may also be profiting from these apps, which put Americans’ privacy and U.S. national security at risk, TTP found.

The apps are virtual private networks (VPNs), which promise to mask a user’s identity as they browse the internet. But Chinese-owned VPNs raise serious privacy and security concerns for Americans because Chinese companies can be forced to share user data with the Chinese government under the country’s national security laws. VPNs have access to particularly sensitive user data since they see all of a person’s web activity.

Just curious: Why would you prefer your data to be harvested in China vs. the US?

Edit: I'm also genuinely curious about why this question is getting downvoted. Is it offensive or something? I meant no harm to anyone.

thats not what they said did they? they said they are more concerned about American companies harvesting their data as they live in Europe and don't have as much affinity to China.

Because China doesn't have as much influence in Europe as the US does. Besides that, there's a higher chance of US companies sharing data with European governments than Chinese companies doing so.

The Apple and Google app stores continue to offer private browsing apps that are surreptitiously owned by Chinese companies, more than six weeks after they were identified in a Tech Transparency Project report. Apple and Google may also be profiting from these apps, which put Americans’ privacy and U.S. national security at risk, TTP found.

The apps are virtual private networks (VPNs), which promise to mask a user’s identity as they browse the internet. But Chinese-owned VPNs raise serious privacy and security concerns for Americans because Chinese companies can be forced to share user data with the Chinese government under the country’s national security laws. VPNs have access to particularly sensitive user data since they see all of a person’s web activity.

Honestly, I wouldn't trust most commercial VPNs these days, especially the ones that are nearly always on 100% discount sales. If they're not making their revenue from customers, they must be making it some other way. And that's a mighty fine data set they're sitting on.

Sincerely, what is China going to do with it? Open a Chinese bank account in my name?
If any institution in the us accepts account openings from a chinese or vpn ip address then it cant be trustworthy enough to ever affect me.