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Time to ditch US tech services, says Dutch parliament

c/europe · u/atro_city@fedia.io · 356 points

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Trump administration 'has made the call for tech sovereignty an urgent geopolitical issue'


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u/SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 9 points

Yep, much like Covid. Thing went from "this could be bad and we need to consider how people can work from home" to "oh fuck! " in 3 months.

Do your planning now. Any software or service you are using today, might not be available to you 4 months from now.

u/Propheticus@lemmy.zip · 3 points

Can also try Here Wego. It looks a bit more polished and I have better success using its search function. Only downside: spoken navigation instructions are TTS only and sound quality is bad over Android auto...but I have them disabled anyway.

u/CAVOK@lemmy.world · 3 points

Then switch to MagicEarth. Very similar, but a little less polished still. Based on openstreetmap.

https://www.magicearth.com/

u/tacocatgoat@lemmy.world · 1 points

OrganicMaps… It’s been better than Google maps even for bike trails, I’ve been using it for about 2 years. It’s Estonian.

u/biofaust@lemmy.world · 15 points

At least 2, forced by work.

And the extent to which Israeli intelligence and infrastructure services permeate the architecture of the other ones I use personally or professionally is hard to calculate.

u/Stovetop@lemmy.world · 6 points

Not sure what the prior user might be referring to either, but here is a good boycott list for tech companies that have connections with Israel. Mostly American, but some European.

https://boycott.thewitness.news/categories/technology

u/supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 27 points

Please do, don't leave your fate in the hands of US tech companies.

Trust me I live in US and shit is getting bad.

Start the process now! Otherwise you will just be forced to later.

u/Zink@programming.dev · 7 points

Yes, much like with defense, all of Europe should band together on this.

Just uh, pretty please let Americans use it as long as we agree to be good?