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A cross-party parliamentary commission aims to end dependence on US tech giants and increasingly rely on European open-source solutions.

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[–] HumbleExaggeration@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago

I hope they follow through with it. And I also hope they allow for quick incremental changes instead of aiming for the perfect solution right away that will take a decade to develop and implement. Just to be clear, I think it should be the far goal to be fully independent from US and other non-EU software.

A break, not a breakthrough.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

A cross-party parliamentary commission aims to end dependence on US tech giants

Calm down. It's only about the IT operations of the parliament itself.

Not the whole country.

[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

It is an Important signal.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

It makes strategic sense to decouple from American tech now that they know we'ere an unreliable ally. Microslop won't guarantee your data won't go through American servers and jurisdictions. It's also resistance to Tariff wars and Greenland bullshit that pokes the US in it's conspirator industry, Big Tech.

[–] Letterfromhome@feddit.dk 2 points 20 hours ago

I wish Wire would allow for uploads > 25 MB