It is so depressing to be in tech here in Europe. Last week it became finally and unambiguously clear that we can't even rely on services by local subsidiaries

It is so depressing to be in tech here in Europe. Last week it became finally and unambiguously clear that we can't even rely on services by local subsidiaries of US-owned companies any more without breaking our EUropean privacy laws[1]. The servers are in Ireland? Yep, that's US jurisdiction! So we now have the choice of either maneuvering around some of the best and biggest services and infrastructures out there or, alternatively, breaking the law and giving up sovereignty over our data. If Google is complicit, it doesn't come as a surprise. Still, it adds insult to injury. [1] http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27191500 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27191500