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Europe is experiencing a crisis of digital autonomy. Our dependence on US big tech has been growing for decades and is now nearly total, at a time when worries about our former ally are no longer theoretical. Might we, like the International Criminal Court in The Hague, find ourselves locked out of our own mailboxes if we say something that is upsetting to the US government?
This post was written in response to an article in the Financial Times.

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[โ€“] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Why executives? Executives don't do shit.

[โ€“] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 9 points 6 days ago

Well they tend to fire ICT specialists and try to replace their on prem work with US cloud services to save money in the short term while paying extra in the long run.

[โ€“] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 days ago

And that is a lot of the problem

[โ€“] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is a wake-up call for executives of European companies. There's no point in muddying the waters by discussing if executives should even lead this move.

Executives don't have wake-up calls. They don't know what they are.