It’s not so much that Europe wants to ditch US tech.
It’s more that everyone wants to ditch the current crop of leeching billionaires and their spyware products. It’s just they all happen to be in the US which given its current administration is a problem.
However this push to use more open source and locally based alternatives proceeds Donald Trump’s first term. It’s just his rhetoric has accelerated the process.
Billionaires or no billionaires, I dont want my data in the US
not sure about ready… sure there’s a will
Not even sure there is that much will on politicians side. I hope there is, but they are mostly ignorant (judging from politicians in my country) and wouldn’t distinguish between Word and Windows. They might be interested if there are elections and public pushes for it. But once elected then it’s another song based on US stick and carrot. Mostly sticks from this administration. But I really do hope we start to move and now is the best time possible. Also recently there was data that German Federal Administration is paying Microsoft something like:
2023: 274.091.361,75 Euro 2024: 347.665.579,71 Euro 2025: 481.369.660,77 EuroThe trend is not encouraging, isn’t it, and those are insane numbers - imagine what could we have for that amount with OSS. There is another neglected area - computer education in elementary school is practically non-existent and tiny-existent in middle school in my country while MS is subsidizing software for government and specially education sector. And so the circle of is closed.
are those millions? am I reading that right?
Your eyesight is 20/20
I was doubting my own sight yes
Good. Start by introducing a viable smartphone OS, because right now it’s down to Apple and Google, both from the US.
Linux is a great place to start. Android is based on Linux. Even a fork of Android that doesn’t give Google any data would be a good place to start, but relying on AOSP — Google’s open source repository — isn’t ideal.
Graphene and e/OS exist.
Problem with Graphene is the limitation of hardware to Pixel due to manufacturers.
e/OS is good, but the missing killer app for me is contactless payment. Which brings Europe back to the Visa/MC problem. Digital Euro could fix this.
Yeah, a proton blog… Not going to trust that much
Proton > US companies
It’s not perfect, but no reason to recommend Google, Microsoft or Apple above it.
