alt Hacker NewsThe EU is doing the exact opposite of switching away from US tech. In fact they just announced that the new EU digital ID wallet is going to require Google or Apple device attestation.
That is two US companies in complete control of the fundamental digital ID system of the entire EU.
Everything they say about "digital sovereignty" is performative nonsense because they simply have no other options and no capacity to build replacements themselves.
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This is bad largely due to the effect on individuals who may find themselves banned from such services with no due process. As a threat to the EU's sovreignty as a whole it's one of the easier things to move away from if it gets weaponised (in comparison to cloud services that are intertwined with a country's economy and bureaucracy)
The EU and most of the rest of the world.
The UK is talking about sovereign AI but doing much the same with pushing reliance on Apple and Google.
they did not "just announce" that, it was a rather technical decision several layers down, made a while ago. Sure, some things are not easily created without US companies but the overall tendency is pretty clear and it is: reduce absolute dependencies.