Ask HN: Do US tech firms realize the backlash growing in Europe?

Post by ImPostingOnHN » Sat, Feb 22, 2025, 7:07 PM UTC

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julianpye wrote: post #46

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The FT Editorial Board: "America has turned" - https://www.ft.com/content/1511aa42-a9ad-4952-99c8-98bea07d0... Max Hastings: The trauma of Trump: can we still do business with his America? - https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/the-trau... FT: US tech will pay a price for Donald Trump’s approval - https://www.ft.com/content/2347e5d3-cbc2-4128-a108-bb89558e3... FT: How Washington plans to defend the dol…

I suggest you expand your information sources to include contrary perspectives. These read like the typical hysteriaporn to freak normies out. It would be equivalent to my sharing supporting links from the NYTimes or WaPo.

Post by hdjjhhvvhga » Sat, Feb 22, 2025, 7:27 PM UTC

croemer wrote: post #163

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They launched recently their S3 Storage, so I think some initial issues are inevitable.

True, but then they shouldn't claim "High availability" as an empty promise without even a non-binding expected number, like 99.9%. Also, it's not good that they do not have any status tracker that shows summary stats on uptime over the past, say, year so one can get a quick idea of how reliable the service was historically. The status monitor only has entries for incidences from the past 7 days. It could have been d…

Post by nunez » Sat, Feb 22, 2025, 7:54 PM UTC

svilen_dobrev wrote: post #190

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I'm in the U.S. and doing the same. While EU laws don't protect me as well as they would someone on the correct side of the pond, I do still benefit from better integrity and transparency. Would you be up for making recommendations?

for plain e-mail, recommend migadu.com (swiss) . They do only that ------ one thing that seems tricky though, is smartphone OS software. Apple + Google is on like 99% of everything. i went few years with Sailfish, all fine.. but they support only 5y+ old devices, for a reason or another.. and i got tired of waiting, and switched to Android. hmmm

Post by ctrlp » Sat, Feb 22, 2025, 8:00 PM UTC

ImPostingOnHN wrote: post #211

ctrlp wrote: post #119

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I suggest you expand your information sources to include contrary perspectives. These read like the typical hysteriaporn to freak normies out. It would be equivalent to my sharing supporting links from the NYTimes or WaPo.

In my experience, the Financial Times aren't terribly biased one way or the other, and do a good job of presenting the relevant facts and views. If you have similarly significant, unbiased sources presenting some contrary view, it would behoove you to share them, rather than chiding. If you just want to share your personal views, that is also welcome. The tone-policing and attacking reliable, unbiased sources is pret…

Post by qwerpy » Sat, Feb 22, 2025, 8:03 PM UTC

pavlov wrote: post #202

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Counterpoint, I helped my father buy a model Y and it helps him do the 2 hour drive to visit his grandchildren. The FSD marketing has been a bit over the top but it’s still the best system by far.

In Europe? I believe it works better in the US. Elsewhere in the world it’s still practically useless, yet they’ve been selling it for years on the pretense that it’s just around the corner. Cruise control on a Volkswagen is smarter than “FSD” on a Tesla. It’s just sad for a 7,500 euro feature.