I cannot even use my official government ID application that is mandatory almost everywhere without signing on to Google or Apple, so much for data privacy and sovereignty.
If they cannot do without exploiting people for their organizational benefits, then they can go to China and USA, they do not care about living standards over there! That is the place for ruthless, greedy, lazy fast paced groups to stomp on people! As they already do.
The EU is not the strongest and who cares?! It is strong enough, and that's what counts! Fullfills the needs. Good. Not everything is a race to infinite numbers in quarterly reports! Less inflated pushy tech idiots racing each other to oblivivion? GOOD!