Musks "empire" is also linked to the US military.

And he is certainly not trust worthy.
Just waiting to see how many people lose everything due to the grossly over hyped, over priced IPO. How many pension funds get screwed

So... basically like having US infrastructure in the EU then ?

The USA has been caught multiple times abusing that infrastructure

no idea. I am sure they are working their way through buy/ build their own.

Huh.... Chill pills.... a little late for the victim, she self deleted.

Just like the US did with tiktok...

Actually it is more likely they will sell services or supply the software etc to other countries.

Why wouldn't they ?

There really plenty of countries who would like digital sovereignty , because they all know about the US cloud act that says "What is mine is mine, what is yours is mine too"

The biggest loser in all of this is the USA. Remember the USA makes up just 4% of the world's population and that population relies on pillaging the resources of other countries to make its self rich.... but times are a changing, ...

its not just sending, its receiving.

Exactly how does your idea protect kids from being nudified and the picture sent to everyone in the class ?

and exactly what age do you teach complex social subjects like this, and "fake news", Phishing scams, etc etc ect ?

I am guessing you don't know of any victims, or don't care about them.

Hmmm, I remember this sort of ZOMG being used when
Airlines went smoke free , they would all go bankrupt
Pubs, restaurants , cafes would go broke with no smoking laws
Every kid would be molested if homosexuality was legalised

etc etc etc etc

and NONE of it happened.

Never said it would be an easy job, just one they will need to find a solution for. Or at least some system that shows they are working seriously to implement a workable system
This action has been talked about for years by various nations, so it is of no surprise to anyone.

And like all multinationals, if they do not have to do something, they won't unless its in their (and only their) best interests.

Doing nothing is no longer an option.

Look at the hundreds of billions the US is losing in trade with just the EU.

And they are starting to kick MS/Google/etc out t as well as US credit cards, payment systems, etc etc etc. Worse, they will be able to export those solution to the rest of the world. .
Are many of these things going to be initially as good as the established ones, no, not at all, but they will catch up. And now they have the reasons and the will to do it.

They are saying "NO" to US military and their illegal war in the Middle East.

Remember the USA is just 4% of the worlds population, do US companies want to be locked out of the other 96% ?
Great thing about democracy is that every country can decide and not be dictated to by the USA.

I see Apples new OS (to be released in October) probably meets the UKs requirements. , and I am equally sure that Google has been working on this for ages too just in case the need it. It's called getting ahead of the problem. And once it is in one country, it will soon be in all countries.

I agree , there is plenty of middle ground.
Problem is they dont want a solution, their solution is to take one game off you so you need to buy another , it's to turn games into a consumable where you need to keep feeding the beast.

The risk of being open sourced will force th4em into that middle ground.
It leverage

Nothing my phone is important.

Everything is "shared" via iCloud or buy home server.

Yep , the throw away society.
Got to have the latest clothes, watch, phone, shoes, car, etc etc etc as a fashion item

iPhone 11, and I don't see any need to change it, it does everything I need and and lot more I don't.

My world view is fix it if you can, get it fixed by someone if you can't, give it to someone else for parts, recycle it.

But then again I am mid 60's and believe in climate change.

If you do not want to run the servers, open source it.

This is why I do not rent software, nor do I buy software that is server dependant.

FileMaker Pro 7 still runs fine on the machine I bought it for, it also runs fine in an emulator. It just works, it does exactly the same things it did when I bought it. It is not worn out, broken, or what ever. So I just keep using it

And you can keep you AI wank out of my computers too.

So pure capitalism then
You grab all the profitable areas of the market off whom ever was doing it before and leave them with the dross.

Plus of course it really reduces the risks of one country having an "Off Switch" to impose what ever on other countries because they can switch to an alternative supplier.