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Another European agency shifts off US Tech as digital sovereignty gains steam

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245 points CrankyBear | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 16:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.239s | source
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mentalgear ◴[31 Oct 25 17:38 UTC] No.45774588[source]▶
Why would ANY global business still rely on U.S. Tech? The U.S. government, through their executive orders and dissolving of the separations of powers, has demonstrated its ability to unilaterally disrupt or shut down private technology services at will. How can any business justify depending on U.S.-based tech infrastructure when its access could vanish overnight on a political whim by an unstable president?

If there is no rule of law, capital, talent and trust are flowing out of that country - for good reason.

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baxtr ◴[31 Oct 25 18:18 UTC] No.45775034[source]▶
Believe it or not, it’s partly because of regulation.

If you’re on Azure for example as a bank you know that most of the (eg DORA) requirements are met, because regulators have directly talked to Microsoft.

There are high compliance and migration cost for switching with no immediate gain for the business.

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1. DaSHacka ◴[01 Nov 25 07:56 UTC] No.45779943[source]▶
> There are high compliance and migration cost for switching with no immediate gain for the business.

But america bad! Surely that's reason enough to skirt all logistic business requirements and drop U.S. companies?

Like, Trump! And... Republicans!

Clearly, their private sector doesn't exist anymore, because a guy we don't like is in charge of the public sector.

Frankly, we need to reduce our reliance on U.S. tech because of how undemocratic they have become. I, for one, think China looks like a great potential ally.