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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by Nextgrid on Saturday January 24, 2026 @08:09PM (#46749577)
> the most popular app in Denmark right now is an app that tells you if a product is American

That sounds like performative bullshit though? A "feel good" thing just like plastics "recycling".

Are people actually choosing to pay fair price for a non-American product? Are people choosing to invest in or start local competitors to those American products? Are governments doing something so that incomes commensurate with quality tech work aren't taxed at 60%? And so on.

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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by marcosdumay on Saturday January 24, 2026 @09:49PM (#46750219)
Looks like the US exports were at all time highs last year... Pulled by gold and other precious metals:

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/exports

I couldn't find data to actually answer your question. I just found this that is surprising in a multitude of ways and absolutely useless :)

Every useful report seems to end at 2023.

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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by thfuran on Sunday January 25, 2026 @09:48AM (#46754463)
>Are governments doing something so that incomes commensurate with quality tech work aren't taxed at 60%?

Why should they do that?

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Re:Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet... by Nextgrid on Sunday January 25, 2026 @11:10AM (#46755318)
Because countries who didn't do that managed to corner the whole IT services market, while countries that do are still waiting for a miracle to happen.

Talent that is capable of building the next AWS can easily make 6 figures at AWS and not lose more than half of that in taxes... you need to do something to attract/retain such talent here.

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