Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure
by fofoz on Friday February 20, 2026 @08:47AM
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What do American colleagues think when they read about this trend among Europeans to abandon their platforms?
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Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure
by hansvm on Friday February 20, 2026 @10:02AM
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It seems smart to me. Our leaders are intent on burning it all down, and I don't think anyone should be shocked as the smoke starts to billow.
Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure
by ectospheno on Friday February 20, 2026 @11:43AM
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I go out of my way to use American services. It would be hypocritical of me to deny others the right to use their country’s services. Plus competition is always better for consumers so have at it.
Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure
by flomo on Friday February 20, 2026 @11:36AM
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A lot of this discussion actually more about "use baremetal" or "put servers in your closet". HN tells Americans to do the same thing (and hire them to do it).
Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure
by auslegung on Friday February 20, 2026 @11:51AM
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I am deeply troubled by what the Trump regime is doing but I think this trend for European countries to use European tech is actually quite good. Competition is better, plus your privacy laws are much better. I host some of my own data in Europe for this reason.
Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure
by andsoitis on Friday February 20, 2026 @09:04AM
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Competition is great.
Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure
by fofoz on Friday February 20, 2026 @09:52AM
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I wouldn't call it competition, given that here we are fleeing towards less advanced services for purely geopolitical reasons.
Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure
by RupertSalt on Friday February 20, 2026 @09:58AM
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Ah, now you’ve captured the F/OSS zeitgeist!
Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure
by jobs_throwaway on Friday February 20, 2026 @11:22AM
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Laugh at how silly and pointless it is. Enjoy your worse services!
Re:"Made in EU" – Building a Startup on European Infrastructure
by plagiarist on Friday February 20, 2026 @01:36PM
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"Fucking great, Amazon and Google need competition."
I just hope this is economically damaging enough that they will quit doing campaign finance for a party consisting entirely of despotic grifters.