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[โ€“] 18 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Iโ€™m not tech savvy on this level at all, but would this not also kill or seriously maim the US economy too?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    No, they'd just block non-US internet traffic (& VPNs...)

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    But for many of these services the EU companies and people are paying customers for these services or revenue generating sources (ads etc). The EU is a massive market and source of income for tech companies surely. Itโ€™d be like shooting yourself in the leg just to shoot them in the foot. Nobody would win here.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 1 month ago

    As a Brit, I'm in favour of:

    • European digital sovereignty, to reduce dependence on the US, given how unreliable they now are
    • The UK being part of efforts for European digital sovereignty
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  • [โ€“] 7 points 1 month ago

    The remaining 25% are bigger companies in the process of being purchased by American companies, or actively seeking such a buyout.

    All while most European governments sit idle, and let their entire economies be controlled by foreign actors. I'm sure no harm will come of this.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 1 month ago
    [โ€“] 6 points 1 month ago

    I've been saying this for years. It's been dumb to rely on the US for a loooong time, yet so much of the rest of the world does.

    Imagine if they had spent all that money on building up and supporting FOSS instead.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Dear Every Gov Org in Canada;

    Why are you still using outlook and oneDrive for all your important stuff? Do you not get it yet?

    (I went to pay my mom's LTC bill for her because she gets confused now. I needed to ask them about something. It was outlook. Then it was visa - no really - for payment. So I'm putting 1500+ a month onto visa while she waits for space. The whole government setup - from comms to payment - would collapse overnight. These people are so flustercucked that I'm expecting their DR and BCP plans amount to a TNG Samaritan Snare.)

    Sincerely, Me

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 month ago

    EU Vetted is somewhere they should all be looking. I've just switched from Gmail to Mailfence.

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