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In a way I get it. I also agree with it. Europe should also try to reduce dependancy on American tech products for the scenario when the US becomes hostile towards Europe. A bit unlikely now, but you never know.

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Agreed that Europe should reduce dependency on US tech product. Among the reasons is how the US govt has been caught spying on allies multiple times. Which is sad but a clear sense of ethics missing in the US govt (along with a long list of others).

> A bit unlikely now, but you never know. On the timeline we exist, it's a possibility!

Not just europe. Europe makes the most sense because europe is the wealthiest region on earth and has the ability to fund its own tech industry. Europe did it for aerospace ( Airbus ), but why they aren't doing it for something far more important than planes is beyond me. But China, India, Japan, etc should all be developing their own tech spheres. I can't believe that any major country allows Windows, Facebook, Google, Apple, etc in their nation. At the very least ban it until they develop their own local competitors first. Not only would this be good for China, India, Japan, EU, etc, it would also be good for tech and the rest of the world since they will have more options. It's amazing how useless so much of the world's leadership are.

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