We move slow. But the clima for change is here now, it's been brewing for a decade or so. Expect Europe to not use more money on US services the next two decade. So with inflation you will really see a significant decline. My 5 cents
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replyDo you think your comment has any substance beyond expressing your disdain for Europe / the EU? Are you aware that Switzerland is not a member of the EU?
replyConsidering I didn't mention the EU once, I'm quite aware of that. I like how you try shoehorn in it on your own to try gotcha me though. Not a great attempt.
replyAre you aware of the crashing population of Europe though?
> Are you aware of the crashing population of Europe though?
replyThe EU's population grew in 2024 [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_European_U...
I think you might be the one with trouble conflating the EU and Europe. You do know they're not the same thing, right?
reply> Are you aware of the crashing population of Europe though?
replyHow many kids do you have?
Why do you post the same anti-EU stuff on every thread about anything remotely related to Europe?
replySwitzerland is not in the EU. That said, if their goal is to get off US big-tech, I feel they're left with Apple for hardware and Google for software, realistically.
replyEven North Korea has it's own OS, network and application suite...
replySwitzerland could totally be fully computer-independant if they wanted to be.
What? There's loads of hardware vendors out there. And I'd throw in Linux over google and apple.
replyI'm still fascinated that Ukraine has been going on since 2014 and the EU has spent more time and air trying to go after US industries than Russian ones or Chinese. You'd think the US had actually captured Greenland.
replyAnyway I get it - just, odd to think about. Passion accounts for a lot.
You kidding?
replyRussian anything is completely off the table in europe..
There’s no discussion because it’s hard to discuss the absolute nothing that is happening.
The Russian oil ban only occurred 8 years after the start of this. 2022. Russia had already taken European land for 8 years prior firmly backed by China. I won't even get into the Russian oil hair-pinning back to Europe via 3rd parties.
replyAgain - all this action is within 1 and change years of Trump. It's a fairly visible difference in reaction. I just find it weird, that's all.
None of them care about Microsoft's shareholder value
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