Post #1222351
2026-04-16 11:18 UTC
This is a prime example, why "But we're using their EU datacenters!" is a weak argument when using services from US company.
Things like AWS "sovereign EU cloud" are bullshit in a similar vein.
Companies in a capitalist reality will keep doing what companiees in a capitalist reality have always done: Extract the maximum profit possible.
It should be obvious that "dataprivacy" is not a term in that sentence.
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@ocdtrekkie@mastodon.social 2026-04-16 13:00
@thunfisch The US has always been super clear that data sovereignty claims by US tech companies doesn't absolve them the obligation to respond to data requests from the US. But yeah, the comedy that they both created this sovereign EU cloud and then immediately turned around and went "but okay sometimes it's just gonna pipe stuff to the US anyways because AI" is *chef's kiss*.
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@Doomed_Daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-04-16 14:05
@thunfisch Thanks to the cloud act it doesn't matter if the datacenter is in the US or the EU or on the moon - the US government (or US agencies or US courts or whatever) can always request access and US companies have to grant it.