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Interesting: Almost Two-Thirds of Europeans Back Replacing US Tech, Poll Finds
https://www.techpolicy.press/almost-two-thirds-of-europeans-back-replacing-us-tech-poll-finds/ #Nextcloud

Almost Two-Thirds of Europeans Back Replacing US Tech, Poll Finds

EU leaders are pursuing digital sovereignty plans to reduce the 27-country bloc’s dependence on the United States, writes Mark Scott.

Tech Policy Press

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@Karlitschek I just hope against hope the conversation manages "open source and interop over monopolistic hegemony" and doesnt drift into "non-american monopolistic hegemony over american monopolistic hegemony"

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@Karlitschek If you want to feel a bit calmer about this, then look inte history of Philips. They researched the CD, and then abandoned it for their established ”thriving” cassette business.

European companies are in no way made of higher moral finers than US ones, but fortunately for European citizens they’re not competent enough to successfully maintain technical monopolies.

@NocturnalNessa