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> AWS will establish an independent advisory board for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, legally obligated to act in the best interest of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.

The above quote implies that the threat from Bezos should have no effect. Then again, I have no experience in corporate politics. Are you saying that even with that quote the "AWS European Sovereign Cloud" setup is pointless in practice?

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I think you are ignoring the word “advisory” in the phrase “independent advisory board for the AWS European Sovereign Cloud”.

An advisory board is very different from a governing board.

What about "independent" and "legally obligated"?

At worst it sounds like a canary.

> What about "independent" and "legally obligated"?

What about them? It can be as independent and legally obligated to focus on whatever set of interests you want, if its only an advisory board, then it has no real power. (And, unless there is some guarantee of information other than what the management of the main org feels like giving it to support its advisory function, it can't even serve as a reliable canary.)

"Independent" does not really change anything about the advisory/governance thing. And tech companies are very well known for breaking laws, especially privacy related ones, so I don't see the point either, yes.

> setup is pointless in practice?

Depends if PR is pointless.

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