Yes they're used all over the world but .. super niche? Have you been living under a rock?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/europes-plan-to-ditch-us-tech-...

https://github.com/switch-to-eu/switch-to.eu

https://www.europeanswitch.com/why-european-providers/

https://www.techspot.com/news/112362-europe-may-restrict-mic...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/europe-zoom-...

linux us made in the US? An open source OS, with collaborators from all over the world initially started by a finnish student and still actively the main orchestrator of it, linux torvalds. Not to mention the thousand distros derived from it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

PS: take this post as an opportunity to educate yourself rather than downvoting it.

"Linux" doesn't keep centralized records that the government can get their hands on. The fact is that the government in the US can (and does) march into US companies and demand access to their data. The government will install their devices on the company's network and even take over entire parts of their offices. What your data sits, who has access to it, and what kind of record the local government has of abuses of their authority are very important things to consider. Much more important than if the code is open source.