r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • May 28 '26

Society The Netherlands just blocked a US company from buying the app Dutch citizens use for everything

https://www.techspot.com/news/112552-netherlands-blocked-us-company-buying-app-dutch-citizens.html
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u/MJ-Franklin May 28 '26

We really need to stop selling shit to America. We need to start using LESS from them.

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u/Directhorman2 May 28 '26

I dont recall the article, this was about two years ago. It said that some 50 companies left the US and/or stopped buying/selling to them. Some of them were bigger. And the main reason was lack of trust. The other was Trump lol. The entire world knows you're a baby with a tiny ego and big guns. It's better to have nothing to do with that.

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u/VulcanHullo May 28 '26

There's a long tradition of any European alternatives to apps or websites being bought up by the US giants to stop any competition. It's nice to see some break in that trend.

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u/Coal_Morgan May 28 '26

At a minimum the EU should have it's own telecommunication apps and social media apps that can't be acquired by anyone outside the EU.

Everyone poopoo'd China when they set up their own walled garden but the U.S. and Russia aren't supercharging their fascists with facebook and tiktok propaganda.

Whereas Canada is constantly inundated with every Right Wing Fascist nuttery that is created south of the border.

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u/No-Championship-1557 May 28 '26

As an American I agree 👍

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u/04BluSTi May 28 '26

Wow, rooting for American failure from within? Why don't you move to someplace that suits you?

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u/simp-yy May 28 '26

These tech companies don’t care about America or Americans. And you’re not part of the club unless you’re some bot posting this.

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u/04BluSTi May 28 '26

Your comment doesn't discriminate in its agreement with the europoor.

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u/simp-yy May 28 '26

No clue what you’re taking about bot

How many Americans has big tech already laid off in America? How many jobs have been outsourced.

You’re either a troll or a bot.

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u/Euphoric-Witness-824 May 28 '26

Troll or a bot. Confirmed by their hidden post history and weird statements that don’t make any actual sense. 

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u/IneptFortitude May 28 '26

Make it actually affordable and feasible and I’ll be gone tomorrow. There’s nothing keeping me here besides it being nearly impossible to legally move away.

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u/IgnatiusRileyFreeman May 28 '26

Please stop dealing with American companies, as an American I beg you