Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoDigital liberation: EU Parliament calls for detachment from US tech giantswww.heise.deexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: BoycottUnitedStates@europe.pub
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDigital liberation: EU Parliament calls for detachment from US tech giantswww.heise.deLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square12linkfedilinkcross-posted to: BoycottUnitedStates@europe.pub
minus-squareDenixen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoDecoupling will be gradual and take many years, unless things escalate and the EU decides to decouple without an alternative in place. That would however be extremely costly and I think they want to avoid that. The advantage of a sudden shift is of course that change will happen faster due to necessity. But as I mentioned, at a greatly increased cost. The question is how long will Europe stand being humiliated by Trump every second day?
Decoupling will be gradual and take many years, unless things escalate and the EU decides to decouple without an alternative in place.
That would however be extremely costly and I think they want to avoid that.
The advantage of a sudden shift is of course that change will happen faster due to necessity. But as I mentioned, at a greatly increased cost.
The question is how long will Europe stand being humiliated by Trump every second day?