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[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

Imagine if they focused on creating tools that could jailbreak iOS devices, John Deere tractors, HP printers, etc. I bet they could sell that as a service. What could the US or American companies do to stop them? They could be Disenshittification Island.

[-] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago

That's exactly what Cory Doctorow has been advocating for

[-] audaxdreik@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

I am personally betting a lot that this is where it's going (career development-wise, not prediction markets, ugh)

US tech has been absolutely awful and stagnating for awhile. It's one thing to continue to deal with it when it's actually offering good value, but it's not. Between the data sovereignty concerns and tariffs, the EU is positioned to jolt its own tech market if it's ready to take the opportunity, and I think they are.

I'm not sure I'd expect anything big or grand, much like the "year of the Linux desktop" I don't know that there will really be a breaking moment. Just slow building of momentum in that direction. And that's all it really takes, once that momentum takes hold it's not going to start flowing back to Microsoft. These greedy corporations overplayed their hand, they broke the agreements, and now there's really no going back.

So I hope ...