Post #627822
2026-03-10 10:29 UTC
Just to not forget the economic extraction that we're suffering from BigTech. Only the cloud services business in Europe extracts some 264B €, as calculated in the Asterès Report.
That generates an estimated 2 million jobs in the US instead of generating them in our local communities.
That's one of the costs of NOT having #DigitalAutonomy and #TechnologicalSovereignty
Here in English: https://www.cigref.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TECHNOLOGICAL-DEPENDENCE-ON-AMERICAN-SOFTWARE-AND-CLOUD-SERVICES-AN-ASSESSMENT-OF-THE-ECONOMIC-CONSEQUENCES.pdf
cc @DigitalCoup #BigTech #extraction
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@Wtebbens@social.coop 2026-03-10 10:34
Now, of course a #BuyEurope campaign may help mobilise some to Europe, but how do we avoid growing European #BigTech in the process? I think the answer lies in combining #commons with #cooperativism and free/libre open source as a precondition. These three traditions bring thousands of years, centuries and decades of experience to the table respectively, and bringing them together is the sweetspot, the win-win-win, for people, planet and collective profit. @DigitalCoup @andreas @ela