Let's focus on the real enemy TikTok. </sarcasm> Why isn't there more focus on Russia. Not saying China isn't spying but that why the CIA gets billions. Russia is actively blowing shit up.
For cloud programming, I find ChromeOs linux performance to be perfectly acceptable. The price penalty on Apple products is too high.
I also HATED the fact that I has to give Apple my credit card to get it to work. Apple treats your laptop like it owns it. I was unable to delete Itunes and had to sign Terms of Service that I didn't want.
The solution is similar to WW2. Build disposable ships faster than the enemy can sink them. This would work against most enemies except China can build them even faster