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Europe Has a New Plan to Break Free from US Tech Dominance (itsfoss.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/eurostack@programming.dev
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As we had predicted late last year, the push for digital sovereignty is starting strong in 2026. This is not something that has appeared out of thin air; the European Union seems to be finally understanding how vulnerable their digital infrastructure is if they continue relying on foreign providers.

While progress on this appears commendable, their Chat Control bill makes me doubt what they actually want to do going forward.

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[–] 43 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The feedback from the Inkscape project is a great read.

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Over time, I have notice that the contributions from volunteers in the USA have waned, while those from the EU have increased dramatically.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago

    I would be curious to find out why, honestly. Is there some economic factor? Has Adobe thoroughly captured the market? Is it cultural? I know the comment author speculates that it's a cultural/political shift, but I'm curious what the data would show!

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    • [–] 62 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    I wish canada cared as much

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I think they do actually. They just showed support for Greenland and has publicly said they are slowly breaking away from trade deals with the US.

    Europe is the obvious new partner and both sides would benefit alot.

    Canada is for sure also looking at the tech side. And with the open source approach from the EU, they too can benefit.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago

    I want Canada to be a contributor not just a consumer of Europeans tech products. Big tech projects including open source financing should have been part of Carney's nation building projects in my opinion

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    FWIW last year was the first year I’ve ever had website clients specifically request to be hosted in Canada. Word is getting around that the traditional tech stack is more precarious than once believed.

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    • [–] 35 points 10 months ago

    Oh, good, it'll only take them a decade to start doing anything but i guess it's a start...

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    [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    Great link. Thanks.

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    [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    I think it needs to cover infrastructure too.

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    [–] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Somehow i think this year will be about war, not tech dominance. Its peak Trump now.

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    [–] 15 points 10 months ago

    Ah yes the 50 000 EUR grants compared to 5 Billion EUR bonds bought from google last year.

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    [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Leave your feedback here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en

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    [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Who would have thought that populating walled gardens and other enshitified services is a terrible idea?

    One of the fundamental problems is that our leadership is becoming increasingly illiterate in technology. In order to leverage the economies of scale for large systems we need to either content ourselves with enshitified corporate solutions or enable collectivised approaches. Wikipedia is an excellent example of this, more of that please.

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    [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Oh, PLEASE happen!

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Need an EU based credit card.

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