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Microsoft admits it would have to let Trump spy on EU data if demanded (www.techradar.com)

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[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 161 points 1 year ago (11 children)

There's no telling if that hasn't already happened. Europe needs to drop Microsoft ASAP.

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[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 95 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Microsoft said this, but this likely applies to AWS and GCP too.

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[–] Gumus@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Check out Hetzner, a German cloud provider. Established, reliable and way cheaper than AWS.

I know migrating is nigh impossible for most large apps, but creating a new one on AWS/GCP/Azure is so shortsighted.

More people need to know about alternatives.

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[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hetzner is really trashy though. They seem to suspend or permanently ban folks for no good reason.

https://tenforward.blog/hetzner-considered-hostile-a-psa/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32318524

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[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Damn, they really go the extra mile for a full equivalent to googles offering.

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[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago

Right?? Like some shit doesn't have to be part of the competition..

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[–] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

There is also OTC https://www.open-telekom-cloud.com/en

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[–] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

Color me skeptical of anything Deutsche Telekom. I'd rather look at OVH, Hetzner, and Scaleway than at something from Telekom.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

And OCI. Any US based company is subject to the CLOUD act.

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[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Canada, too. For the last two years, Canada has entrusted sensitive statistical information to Microsoft. We should be treating MS with the same skepticism we currently reserve for Huawei.

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 40 points 1 year ago

~~Europe~~ Everyone needs to drop Microsoft ASAP

FTFY

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[–] comador@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Germany and a handful of other countries have been moving to Linux over the past decade. Betting the rate of uptick speeds up now though.

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