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It's always the same song and dance. We need to move away from US tech? Ok Great, where to? The European AWS or Google Cloud? Those don't exists. What about t
by rdm_blackhole 2y ago
It's always the same song and dance.
We need to move away from US tech? Ok Great, where to? The European AWS or Google Cloud? Those don't exists.
What about the European Stripe which is a big pillar of the new digital economy? Still no.
What about the payment cards? Mastercard, Visa, Amex? Where are the EU alternatives?
The EU is all talk and no bite. We fine US companies for breaking the law but instead of using that cash to foster innovation, we use it to hire more paper pushers in Brussels to come up with the next idiotic regulation like the bottle cap one.
The best time to replace US tech was 10 years ago but that did not happen and it's not going to happen now.
Do you know anyone who is ready to give up their IPhone or Mac?
- lycopodiopsida 2y agoI could easily give up my iPhone or Mac, even though I do use them exclusively for ~10Y. The issue with Linux is not that it impossible to use (I did it for several years) but that there is no incentive to support hardware and corner case software given Win/Mac prevalence. The moment they disappear the problem will solve itself within a year or two and we would be certainly better off afterwards, given the current course of corporate technology - not even including politics.
- everfrustrated 2y agoWhile I agree with your general point, Europe does have Adyen which is a strong competitor to Stripe.