There is an opportunity here to wake people up to how shit so much of tech is and how to improve them. Before it was just nerds and economists who complained of the stifling of competition by the monopolies. Now it’s geopolitical and more and more obvious to more and more people.
In my opinion, the greatest weapon you have is EU based open source software to replace all Apple, Microsoft, and Google services and products.
100% yes. Open source is not missing this:
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SFKNTZ-welcome_to_fosdem_2026/
Or the more technological political:
https://craphound.com/news/2026/01/01/the-post-american-internet-39c3-hamburg-dec-28/
There is an opportunity here to wake people up to how shit so much of tech is and how to improve them. Before it was just nerds and economists who complained of the stifling of competition by the monopolies. Now it’s geopolitical and more and more obvious to more and more people.
Y’all need a European Apple. Pear? Plum? Apricot? A hardware nemesis that actually competes on quality and not just racing to the bottom.
Jolla?
Problem with not racing to the bottom is that you need a shitton of money to accomplish that. And you know where the money is. Mostly not in Europe.