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Seems to raise a couple profound questions: 1. Is there a credible alternative (comparable ease of access and implementation)? 2. Does the absence of such a tool hinder business operating efficiency?

If the answer to #1 is no, then any assertions that Google is not operating as a monopoly in the space are undercut. If the answer is #2 is no, then there are quite a few BI/Analytics/Strategy personnel who might find their value more difficult to justify!

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Well Microsoft just needs to found a company owned 51% by a European entity /shareholders and operated by Europeans. Like that, the cloud act cannot be enforced. MS licenses the Azure/Office/whatever to this company so it will grap the majority of revenue. They can make fancy auditing agreements making sure that this company never steals anything from them.

China is doing this model for years. Just with a different motive I guess.

They tried this also with Telekom Germany for the Azure cloud but stopped doing it

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