The world should wake up from tech dependence. Let the EU massively invest in FOSS.
Edit: as raised by comments, my title was not incorrect but did omit that it’s actually the US that imposed sanctions, to which MS chose to comply. Changed the title.
Nobody’s mentioning the article says “the United States imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.”
Which means that US companies may not provide services or products to the ICC. Sure it sucks that Microsoft complied but the federal government is to blame.
“Under President Trump, the US has taken a decidedly less friendly stance toward the European Union and its member states. These geopolitical tensions mean that it is up to the business community to smooth things over. Microsoft, for example, is adamant that it will defend itself in court if Washington demands access to European citizens’ data. In fact, the encryption and access management of sovereign cloud services should make access from outside the continent technically impossible”
“I was just following orders” didn’t work last time and it’s not going to work this time.
Which is exactly why Europe needs to ditch American companies. The fact they’re bound to obey such a corrupt president means Europeans, especially governments using Microsoft is a direct liability to all of Europe.
But that’s the only and first statement in the article summary box.