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Germany would rather accept weaker cloud services than depend on US providers (cybernews.com)

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[-] SW42@lemmy.world 37 points 4 weeks ago

I’m also doing my best to actively steer the company I work for as far away from US Tech as possible. Out of principle at first, but it turns out it’s cheaper in the long run.

[-] brownsugga@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago

Fragmenting the world order and substantially weakening both the US economy and international relations is actually the entire point of the Trump presidency. If you want the plan outside of project 2025; just play his campaign promises and hear the opposite.

[-] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

If this were true he would be the single greatest figure of the last 2 centuries.

[-] brownsugga@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Not that I think Trump himself actually has anything to do with it; the man shits himself

[-] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago

And by Germany, we mean the world.

[-] john_t@piefed.ee 6 points 4 weeks ago

Someday Bruder , someday... /s

[-] brainwashed@feddit.org 8 points 4 weeks ago

I believe that they say that, I do not see them act accordingly.

[-] Arras@nord.pub 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's... how you build stronger cloud services?
Using EU cloud providers gives them the financial muscles to build stronger services. I'm moving everything I can to EU services, even if that means that I have to pay a little extra for it, or get slight worse services because I want them to be able improve. I will however shop between EU providers so that I get the best value for money. I'm not an idiot.

[-] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago

What is a fully US independent search engine?

[-] Asetru@feddit.org 6 points 4 weeks ago

Qwant

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Not entirely, as currently, beside results from their own index, they also add search results from Bing.

[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 5 points 4 weeks ago

Qwant and Ecosiaia are currently building a joint independent index

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Yes, I know, that's why I wrote "also". I've edited my comment to make the point more clear.

[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 weeks ago

Others have stated Ecosia/Qwant building a European search index, but you also have Mwmbl with their own index that I believe is not American.

Additionally, you could also look at the various SearXNG instances hosted in Europe (or self-host your own!). They are meta search engines, meaning you can configure what sources and indexes they use for results and the ones you select are used together.

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

It’s pretty clearly a national security issue. All American companies are compromised to Israel and anti democratic oligarchs

[-] kevinsky@feddit.nl 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Everything is new at some point. They aren't weaker for long if you keep pouring enough money into it.

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