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I read quite a lot of bashing of various national and transnational European institutions for relying so much on US tech. But what about YOU, european? gmail, facebook, instagram, twitter, whatsapp, macbook, iphone, uber, steam etc etc are all working fine for you?

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yep, but for most of those its not very good for us.

Like fast food, it makes satiates a short term desire for a long term problem.

At least, facebook, instagram and an argument can be made for gmail.

I think goods are a different thing altogether though, nobody tells you what to do with your washing machine after you buy it, but social media engines use your data against you and change the rules/system on a whim.

European from Antwerp here. I only use two of those, and see more and more of my friends migrate away from some, albeit slowly.

I (also European), for one, find it virtually impossible to convince people to give up on most of those.

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