Europe is too reliant on US tech. And the US in general.
I say this as an American who moved to Europe and became an EU citizen instead. You - we - should not trust the US for one moment longer. EU based alternatives are needed for all US services and products!
I know the EU moves slowly but Trump first got in 2016 and after he was out Europe went PHEW thankfully we can now go back to relying on America again
It’s pretty clear that something is/was embedded into their thinking that America is the only one who can provide the services they need and everything else is too hard
There’s also the thing where the US will turn on your country if you ever try to be more independent. NATO isn’t just a defence agreement, it’s a subsidy to the US defence industry. It’s the only explanation for countries willingly signing up to the F-35 programme.
Open source people have been saying that for decades at this point… Shortsightedness is a plague with politicians
The problem is that big organizations requires big support firms behind. The biggest players has that. There are few organizations that can support OS but they do not talk very well the same language as high leaders. The problem comes from both sides: dumb leaders (not only in EU, sorry people…) vs highly developed lobbies.
