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Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by bilekas on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @05:10PM (#46878048)
The other commenter nailed it down. But I want to add that removing dependance on US companies is not some kind of spiteful act. It's purely down to both privacy and reliability.

Having private companies in the US becoming more involved with politics is fine for the US apperantly, but the EU just don't want to be involved.

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Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by jepj57 on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @05:46PM (#46878479)
Open standards, private software is the way to go. It makes sense for any entity to control their own destiny.
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Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by nxm on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @05:16PM (#46878115)
As if EU doesn’t involve itself with software, policy and censorship which has its own inherent risks
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Re:France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital auton... by bilekas on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @02:07AM (#46882483)
The EUs interests focus heavy on regulation, standardisation and privacy. They avoid letting private companies dictate the terms.

Isn't perfect, but it's getting better and it's a work in progress.

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