Wait, what? What is wrong with European companies by default?

European companies sometimes take your money and do not deliver the product if you're a foreigner. It happened to me. I have never experienced an American or Chinese company doing the same.

They don't harvest all personal data becase they don't give a duck like the Usanian counterparts /s

Seems like a lot of European tech companies are kept afloat by "digital sovereignty" and maybe EU grant money, while having products that are far behind US and Chinese competitors. Mistral, W Social, maybe this one. Unfortunately it seems to be starting to backfire to where all EU companies, even legitimate ones, are being tarred with this brush.

> Seems like a lot of European tech companies are kept afloat by "digital sovereignty" and maybe EU grant money

woah indeed.

Good ol' European statism at work.

To be fair to Jolla, their brand predates the concept of "digital sovereignty" as we know it today. They were making Android alternatives even before China or Apple did.

> while having products that are far behind US and Chinese competitors.

They aren't though. They're just selling something more advanced than "more features". They're selling consumer rights, privacy, and the only competitive force in the world that stands a chance of reeling in the 500lb gorillas in big tech since our leaders abdicated their responsibility completely.

I'm American, and I fully support them in their goals. It's better, even for America, when the markets have competition. Especially when that competition is over intangibles that improve human lives more than "moar megahurtz!!!?!!!1!!" ever will.