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US tech is currently being weaponized against the ICC and its member judges in Europe[1], and the US is threatening to annex Greenland, as a result all (former) US allies are scrambling to get rid of their strategic dependency.

[1]: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/19/n...



> as a result all (former) US allies are scrambling to get rid of their strategic dependency.

In a very limited way. Some countries are moving some government systems off US suppliers, but its very limited.

Somethings are going the other way. For example (there was a post about this on HN a few days ago) the new EU ID/age verification app depends on Google or Apple attested phones.

There is no real effort to push the private sector off American systems. Your government might technically function but its going to be crippled if your private sector has ground to a standstill.


It's still limited, but the shift has been dramatic over the past few month alone. It's hard to tell what the situation will look like in a few years. Unless the midterms are a democrats landslide (which the GOP has tried to prevent as much as possible with gerrymandering) I don't see the trend stopping anytime soon.




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