

I suspect they will port core software running on the cloud first, running C# and chomping tops of RAM and CPU because reasons. Rust helps with both, but it takes time to port. Frontend apps will be the last thing will bring to Rust, maybe using WASM, and to avoid tools, use the same WASM packaged with Chromium for their standalone “apps” and walá: one codebase, all platforms.
Basically, US is an extortionate country. At least it has become one thanks to piss hair.
“If you give money to an extortionist, they will come back for more”
It’s not a negotiation and Japan, as any other country in the world, should not give in.