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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: 0.202s | 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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jimbob45 ◴[31 Oct 25 18:42 UTC] No.45775281[source]▶
It’s Europe. They couldn’t even drop Russian oil imports despite them being an existential threat. They’re doing this because anti-US moves are trendy right now and that’s it.
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thefz ◴[01 Nov 25 06:28 UTC] No.45779643[source]▶
Believe it or not but currently the US is perceived as a third world country from the other side of the ocean.
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1. DaSHacka ◴[01 Nov 25 08:06 UTC] No.45779987[source]▶
Okay? Likewise as how most of us see europooria.

The difference is, everything of importance still happens here.

Our elections are broadcast to the world, eyes glued to the screen. All relevant private companies are headquartered out of this country, or in the process of moving more operations to it. We still have more inbound immigrants than ever, more than we can even admit into the country (and argued by the current administration, more than we should).

Versus wherever you came from, which to be honest, doesn't really matter. After all, there's reasons we're talking about my country, and not yours. Have fun with your dreams of our fall from power, though. It's the only time you can even imagine like you have a chance of possibly coming out on top.