Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.
  • ColdWater@lemmy.caEnglish
    23·
    21 days ago

    The only US service I ever used nowadays is YouTube with extreme ad block ofc

  • Tad Lispy@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    21 days ago

    Is this coming from Wired magazine, aka the press organ of silicon valley? Big wows.

  • reksas@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    19·
    21 days ago

    when shit really hits the fan europe will lose access to some if not all us based services.

    • uniquethrowagay@feddit.orgEnglish
      9·
      21 days ago

      Can you back that claim up at all? Qwant is not owned by Huawei. They don’t even hold shares as far as I can tell.

      • lseufer@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        20 days ago

        8 million convertible bounds in a company that hasn’t turned a profit. Sure no risk at all.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    10·
    20 days ago

    This is a weird line in the sand. Instead of focusing on where something is build, shouldnywe focus on technical details and software licenses?

    For example, Signal is based in the US, but the app is structured in such a way that they have minimal information: just the creation time and last login, associated with a phone number. That has even been tried in court, and that’s literally all they could provide. Telegram is worse technically speaking, but it’s headquartered outside the US.

    Don’t evaluate software based on where it’s developed, evaluate it based on what is does and can do in the future.