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    Zoom Is the First Casualty in France’s War on American Big Tech


    Zoom Is the First Casualty in France’s War on American Big Tech

    https://gizmodo.com/zoom-is-the-first-casualty-in-frances-war-on-american-big-tech-2000714545

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    2. la-fours on

      Honestly this should have been done since the first round of tariffs but good for them. Microsoft in particular needs to suffer some consequences.

    3. Smackazulu on

      I have to use zoom every day for my job and it’s just not very good. I don’t need to see any of the dummies I have to talk to, and the program is a crazy resource hog especially when people use dumb backgrounds or video effects

    5. TurtleMode on

      Zoom is a horrible app… no one should be using it… and Microsoft is just a US lapdog… at least Google can be counted on to be greedy enough that it would do what is best for them… at least they are predictable!! Europe should not be using US tech!!

    6. Nelsiemon on

      Which war? France renewed a Palantir contract in december and has plenty of contracts with Microsoft for many government services, including some in education which was signed last year. Zoom is irrelevant.

    8. DoubleDixon on

      Im happy to be here to remind all historians to accurately note that unchecked and unresolved racism led to the economic instability/collapse of a global super power AND the resurgence of the Nazi’s.

    10. sammy5678 on

      So we’re going to lose a lot more than the soft power we had around the world, we’re also going to lose marketshare.

      Looks like Ole cheeto digits overplayed his hand. No surprises there.

    14. Reyreyseller_3098 on

      Remember when it was a thing to insinuate that the French were weak and “scared” compared to the US?? Freedom Fries??

      Had to be intentional so that Americans would never take time to learn about French History. Hope we can all start learning more about French History and how they handle things though.

    15. codguy231998409489 on

      When big corps start to lose money because of this administration then we’ll see some behind the scenes pressure.

    19. madogvelkor on

      That will be confusing when dealing with people outside France given that Microsoft has a product called Visio. 

    20. ImTallButNotTooTall on

      Please do LinkedIn next
      Please do LinkedIn next
      Please do LinkedIn next

      Edit: This got a lot more traction than I ever thought it would so let me clarify a few things: 1) LinkedIn isn’t that bad, I just find it annoying. 2) No, I did not read the article; this is Reddit. 3) Let this be a lesson to all of you to ignore my future comments.

    22. TYFO225 on

      The only thing the ruling class seems to respond to is lower stock prices and bank accounts, so keep going.

    23. palomadelmar on

      France has its own growing tech sector and is highly self-dependent on energy, so makes sense. France is really one of the few EU countries that seems to have foresight. I am not familiar with the state of their grid system, but hopefully it’s better than the US.

    32. SojuSeed on

      Repealing the legislation that stops people from breaking the digital locks on stuff they own would be a huge blow to American tech firms that want to enshittify everything and charge a subscription.

    33. NeckRoFeltYa on

      Good for them to use a platform developed in their country. That keeps French (fancs?) Money in their own economy creating more jobs. Plus to the articles point, less likely the US will spy on them.

    36. pipb1234 on

      We can easily live w/o zoom, insta, facebook, x, amazon, netflix, as a lot of it is consumer oriented and european alternatives can be made. Microsoft will be more difficult as it is ingrained in many businesses.

    41. djdaedalus42 on

      Might get hard for some American companies to talk to their European overlords. Budweiser anyone?