> building alternatives takes time and resources. the EU has neither. This is a smartphone app that buys a local service that already exists, it's not hard...

> building alternatives takes time and resources. the EU has neither. This is a smartphone app that buys a local service that already exists, it's not hard... In fact alternatives already exist.. I mean of course they do cmon. On the flip side do you realise the lithographic tech used to build your Intel fabs come from EU? (ASML) building an alternative to that will take serious time and resources. EU is not some third world country.