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The subtitle “Across Europe, there have been increased concerns about the bloc’s reliance on American tech.” is false and really an economic chamber. The autho

The subtitle “Across Europe, there have been increased concerns about the bloc’s reliance on American tech.” is false and really an economic chamber. The author has no basis for this claim, factually or otherwise .. maybe a small tiny group would love to see this happen, but EU is happy like rest of the world minus China to enjoy the products made by great American software companies.

Tepix 5mo ago
Are you serious? You did notice that there was even a EU digital sovereignty summit recently?
- gyanchawdhary 5mo ago
  I didn’t notice. But regardless, a summit doesn't dictate or reflect the desires and opinions of 27 member states and its 450 million citizens and more importantly its companies and business to want to switch to European alternatives. To give you an example, if India or China or Africa holds a summit on climate change, it doesn’t mean that its citizens want that or even care about it. Anyway, the idea that such a big geography should move away from the best software factory of the world because it has some political agenda with its current leader is both impossible and overall quite childish and will never come to fruition.
  - Tepix 5mo ago
    It would be foolish to continue to rely on them given a leader who has openly expressed his very negative views about Europe and who likes extorting countries.
gbear605 5mo ago
Two thirds of Europeans want this - https://www.techpolicy.press/almost-two-thirds-of-europeans-back-replacing-us-tech-poll-finds/ https://www.techpolicy.press/almost-two-thirds-of-europeans-... > The figures were almost universal across all categories: 62 percent of those surveyed across the five European countries said they favored or had considered replacing US data storage and payment services, while 59 percent of respondents said they would back a change from American video-conferencing companies like Zoom. (Technically only five countries in the EU in this survey, but the five most populous countries, and presumably other countries generally agree)
- gyanchawdhary 5mo ago
  thanks for sharing .. given tech policy press's editorial perspective, i'd take the result with a grain of salt. … also tbh .. the existence of the poll is almost as interesting as the outcome .. reminds me of taleb's "wittgenstein's ruler" from black swan .. before using a ruler to measure a table, you should probably know whether the ruler itself is trustworthy. the poll may be telling us as much about the priorities and assumptions of the people asking the question as it does about public opinion… in fact, the need to run a poll on this specific question arguably says more about the agenda behind it than the resuglt itself ..
dncornholio 5mo ago
https://www.ad.nl/politiek/blokkade-overname-digid-valt-slecht-ambassadeur-vs-in-koortsachtig-overleg-met-washington-we-zijn-bezorgd~a3b680aa/ https://www.ad.nl/politiek/blokkade-overname-digid-valt-slec... This page includes a video of our Prime Minister, in English. You should listen to what he says. The time of depending on America's security umbrella is over.

Tepix 5mo ago

Are you serious? You did notice that there was even a EU digital sovereignty summit recently?

gyanchawdhary 5mo ago
I didn’t notice. But regardless, a summit doesn't dictate or reflect the desires and opinions of 27 member states and its 450 million citizens and more importantly its companies and business to want to switch to European alternatives. To give you an example, if India or China or Africa holds a summit on climate change, it doesn’t mean that its citizens want that or even care about it. Anyway, the idea that such a big geography should move away from the best software factory of the world because it has some political agenda with its current leader is both impossible and overall quite childish and will never come to fruition.
- Tepix 5mo ago
  It would be foolish to continue to rely on them given a leader who has openly expressed his very negative views about Europe and who likes extorting countries.

gbear605 5mo ago

Two thirds of Europeans want this - https://www.techpolicy.press/almost-two-thirds-of-europeans-back-replacing-us-tech-poll-finds/ https://www.techpolicy.press/almost-two-thirds-of-europeans-... > The figures were almost universal across all categories: 62 percent of those surveyed across the five European countries said they favored or had considered replacing US data storage and payment services, while 59 percent of respondents said they would back a change from American video-conferencing companies like Zoom. (Technically only five countries in the EU in this survey, but the five most populous countries, and presumably other countries generally agree)

gyanchawdhary 5mo ago
thanks for sharing .. given tech policy press's editorial perspective, i'd take the result with a grain of salt. … also tbh .. the existence of the poll is almost as interesting as the outcome .. reminds me of taleb's "wittgenstein's ruler" from black swan .. before using a ruler to measure a table, you should probably know whether the ruler itself is trustworthy. the poll may be telling us as much about the priorities and assumptions of the people asking the question as it does about public opinion… in fact, the need to run a poll on this specific question arguably says more about the agenda behind it than the resuglt itself ..

dncornholio 5mo ago

https://www.ad.nl/politiek/blokkade-overname-digid-valt-slecht-ambassadeur-vs-in-koortsachtig-overleg-met-washington-we-zijn-bezorgd~a3b680aa/ https://www.ad.nl/politiek/blokkade-overname-digid-valt-slec... This page includes a video of our Prime Minister, in English. You should listen to what he says. The time of depending on America's security umbrella is over.