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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/23996234

The rallying call to put European tech first โ€” backed by companies including Airbus, Element, OVHCloud, Murena, Nextcloud, and Proton, to name a few โ€” follows the shock of the Munich security conference, where U.S. Vice President JD Vance tore into Europe like an attack dog, leaving delegates in no doubt that the post-War international order is in tatters and all bets are off when it comes to what the U.S. might do under President Donald Trump.

Key tech infrastructure thatโ€™s owned and operated by U.S. companies doesnโ€™t look like such a solid buy, from a European perspective, if a presidential executive order can be issued forcingย U.S. firms to switch off service provisionย or terminate a supply chain at a pen stroke.

โ€œImagine Europe withoutย internet search, email, or office software. It would mean the complete breakdown of our society. Sounds unrealistic? Well, something similar just happened to Ukraine,โ€ Wolfgang Oels, COO of the Berlin-based, tree-planting search engine Ecosia โ€” one signatory to the letter that wasย already taking steps aimed at reducing its dependency on U.S. Big Tech suppliersย โ€” tells TechCrunch.

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[โ€“] Mihies@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago

Switching services is easy compared to switching hardware where EU is really naked.

[โ€“] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 4 points 1 month ago