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[–] Ignacio@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just hope it's European.

[–] drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

why? what does country of origin have to do with it in general?

[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

Because we (the EU citizens) need some internet and software sovereignty. It's a valid desire. Most of the governments run on software owned by companies that can be under control of foreign nations.

A certain level of independence is good for any nation, group, society.

Besides from that EU law provides us with some guarantees regarding privacy. If a company doesn't respect our privacy, we have the means to defend ourselves.