Europe's cloud customers eyeing exit from US hyperscalers (www.theregister.com)
from Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 02:54
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Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 03:11 next collapse

Let’s just hope that this has a noticeable impact on the hyperscale CSPs bottom lines in 4-6 quarters. Europe has a very a very bad habit of kicking the can down the road and not rocking the boat. Now is not the time for such meekness.

If you don’t live in the US, you’re asking for trouble if you use American tech. Doesn’t matter if the provider is sane or not, they are still subject to the whims of a proto-facist regime. But even beyond the regime, the American business community is extremely corrupt. They might not see it as corruption (corruption is what happens in some shithole), but that’s just an excuse.

And with all due respect to sane Americans, unless there is a massive change in their risk tolerance, it is unlikely there will be any movement away from proto-facism in the short to medium term.

Things aren’t going to magically sort themselves out.

sykaster@feddit.nl on 18 Apr 10:46 next collapse

I just switched everything over to a European provider: cloud, email, office programs. I’m also seriously considering using Linux now

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 11:41 collapse

I still have to move away from Windows (by far the biggest issue due to line of business applications and gaming) and Android with Google.

I have experience with Linux via a headless Raspberry Pi home server, but desktop/laptop is whole different level of complexity.

sykaster@feddit.nl on 18 Apr 11:53 collapse

Linux isn’t that far behind anymore in terms of gaming. Business applications are a real issue though. I use Adobe Premiere Pro, as far as I know there’s no good alternative on Linux

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 12:00 collapse

Also depends on your taste in gaming. More niche games and some retro games can be really hit or miss. But I do agree that in the last ~5 years there has been a revolution in gaming on Linux.

Tja@programming.dev on 19 Apr 12:27 collapse

Even 6 quarters are a tall order to move out of the cloud, depending how much of the managed services you use…

We just need some better European CSPs, ionos or ovh could become it, but they’re not there yet.

letsgo@lemm.ee on 18 Apr 13:40 next collapse

If CIVO are in the UK then why the fuck are their prices in dollars!!!

(yeah probably for easier comparison with the US stuff but even so)

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 14:11 next collapse

These stories are starting to feel like the “Trump could be in big trouble now” headlines where nothing ever fucking happens.

surewhynotlem@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 14:24 collapse

Why do people assume that shit hits the fan quickly?

Trump’s impact will have years if not decades of fallout.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 14:44 collapse

I assume headline writers want clicks.

False@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 06:17 collapse

Why are they acting like Nextcloud is an alternative to AWS?

MITM0@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 12:40 collapse

Exactly; AWS is completely different from NextCloud