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Europe just started building a 'kill switch' for U.S. tech(morningstar.com)
38 points by mooreds 3 hours ago | 17 comments
  • pixelpoet2 hours ago

    > Europe is hitting the kills witch

    Everything about this site, right from the get go, screams useless amateur (average person on reddit level of writing).

    There doesn't seem to be anything new in this news article either, we've all already read about EU sovereignty pushes (and as a German, I also regard it as essential). So until there's actual credible coverage of some actual "kill switch" I'll hold judgement.

    • krunck2 hours ago |parent

      Yeah, it's an investment company(only $3.5b in assets) with the writing having the expected narrow focus of that industry.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morningstar,_Inc.

    • biglyburrito2 hours ago |parent

      Morningstar is a heavyweight in the investment/finance world.

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  • politelemonan hour ago

    While I understand and support the sentiment here, I don't see any description about the kill switch that the title mentions. They are simply pushing for alternatives. Furthermore, the alternatives are too narrowly focused, if communications cannot be trusted, you cannot trust closed operating systems either. Windows, Macos, and iOS ought to be on the circuit for this purported kill switch.

  • wildredkrautan hour ago

    Well, not only this, the private movement of avoiding American stuff is also getting stronger in the EU. Somehow it's like game in the store, YESSsss, +1:EU -1:US. It's feels so satisfying to find and buy alternatives to US products where it's possible, from tech over clothes to food. Somehow Trump is doing the EU a favor by pushing us to become independent again. It will take time, but we'll get there.

  • ggm2 hours ago

    Europe is diversifying its tech dependence on the US and ensuring strategic resilience inside its own legal and commercial domain.

    • jslakroan hour ago |parent

      Here is an example of good alternatives to some popular digital services https://european-alternatives.eu/

  • MisterTeaan hour ago

    What the hell is with the text? Every. Line. Is. Its. Own. Paragraph.

    This feels like an LLM generated listicle designed to be digested and summarized by an LLM on the other end.

    • jaybyrd10 minutes ago |parent

      for LLMs by LLMs what a tagline

  • scotty792 hours ago

    > The nomination of Kevin Warsh to lead the Fed has taken the sails out of the idea that the U.S. dollar would sink.

    Why?

    • mike-the-mikadoan hour ago |parent

      Presumably he is regarded as more sensible than some other candidates that might have appealed to the President.

  • cyanydeez2 hours ago

    Based on Trumps choice of fed reserve chair, ive moved everything away from USD.

    KILL switches are the only thing the oligarchy will care for.

  • lenerdenator2 hours ago

    I can't help but feel that this sort of reinforces the suspicions a lot of Americans - on both sides of the aisle, mind - have felt towards Europe since, idk, maybe the Chicken Tax era, one of an alliance of convenience.

    We've seen what the continent will put up with.

  • steve_gh3 hours ago

    I was somewhat dissapointed at the perspective :-) seeing the article was from morningstar.com, I was expecting a radical left wing critique of EU and US tech policy.

    [The "Morning Star" is a left wing UK paper, whose editorial stance is in line with the Communist Party of Great Britain (morningstaronline.co.uk)]

    Interesting article though.

    • nick__m2 hours ago |parent

      I don't know if your wrong or right about "The Morning Star" but Morningstar.com is a financial firm specialized in research and recommendations. They have a lot's of influence relative to their relatively small holdings.