Post #2388846

2026-05-11 06:00 UTC

I have been slowly moving away from US controlled tech, the remaining bits are ones I can&#39;t control really: banking + payments, DK state ITs love affair with microsoft, apps needed to access state services. And if someone can come up with a way to persuade teenagers this is cool. That would be nice. Of course what the piece misses is the huge commercial reliance on the back end stack. We desperately need #Eurostack. https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116554305782688437 Ruth_Mottram - Life without US tech - https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/e6d8cec7-b20c-4707-b963-88348726215a

Replies (5)

@GeofCox@climatejustice.social 2026-05-11 06:25

@Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org I can't help feeling that the elephant in the 'digital sovereignty' room is Android.

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@RaffKarva@sunny.garden 2026-05-11 06:37

@Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org I recently applied for a position at a well-known company that has been building open source products for decades. The only way to submit the application was by allowing Google's reCAPTCHA verification. Oh, the irony.

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@connynasch@mastodon.social 2026-05-11 07:45

@Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org nix "gift article" - pay to read....

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@Kerplunk@mastodon.scot 2026-05-11 08:13

@Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org DK state ITs love affair with microsoft, apps needed to access state services. Follow the money, attractive incentives are the cause. State employees and Decision makers are lining their pockets with wads of money to the detriment of the countrys they are supposed to represent. China does it better, the corrupt polititicians risk their lives and loss of all property and money. It is not perfect strategy but badly needed in all of EU as corruption is rife.

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@drewtowler@mas.to 2026-05-11 10:44

@Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org Paywall...

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