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The US doesn’t need Airbus. Europe needs American tech.
by pb7 3y ago
The US doesn’t need Airbus. Europe needs American tech.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoYeah, what would we do without Windows, Facebook and Instagram stealing our personal info and pushing us ads? /s
- pb7 3y agoMost of Europe’s communication can be severed by turning off WhatsApp servers. That’s just one product out of thousands that Europeans take for granted every day. Operating systems, maps, productivity, communications, cloud, entertainment, the list is never ending. Europe is extremely dependent on American tech. An indisputable fact.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>Most European communication can be severed by turning off WhatsApp servers. Oh no, what am I gonna do then?! Oh wait, I can just contact people by GSM voice or SMS, or use Signal or Threema the secure Swiss messanging service. FYI, the US communication can be disrupted too because they're using Nokia-Siemens 5G stations since the US has no local players in this space anymore. Let's stop being childish, ok? This isn't a CoD lobby for edgy 8 yearolds.
- pb7 3y agoAnd yet you use WhatsApp because the European alternatives are hot garbage. Same with every other product domain. Regulation isn’t innovation.
- Hamuko 3y agoDisrupted, sure. Severed? You do know that we still have a functioning SMS network, right? Also, personally, I don't even use WhatsApp since I can communicate with my family using Signal. It's so easy that even my grandma uses it.
- sensanaty 3y agoMy company is highly intertwined with WA and if they killed it off in the EU, we'd just switch to Signal/Telegram/the millions of other secure messaging services out there ¯ \ _ ( ツ ) _ / ¯
- RandomLensman 3y agoUS without European precision engineering, machinery, etc. - might be tough for a while.
- GardenLetter27 3y ago[flagged]