No, suggestion those caveats show that you are out of touch with what is at stake. This is about digital sovereignty, not saving money. It’s about not relying on the US. The US is literally forcing our hands here.
replyHonestly it's probably a good idea for governments to self host and self support anything that's important.
reply>Microsoft Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by China
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-sharepoint-hack...
Open source alternatives, audited by international teams could be much more trust worthy than closed sourced black boxes.
That explains why Android was not affected by Pegasus and Apple was.
replyYou forgot the /s
replyI suppose the assumption is that every HN reader follows headline hacking news, which is valid but still I did a double-take at the comment.
Being able to operate sovereignly is a core competency for governments.
reply>sovereignly
replyMinor powers still bend to the great powers.