Europe's tech sovereignty watch (74% of EU companies depend on US tech services)

stopbulying · 2026-02-03T17:05:53.000Z 1770138353

What percent of US businesses are interdependent upon EU?

Why does the US want energy independence?

Why does the EU want tech independence?

EU does not have software patents.

giuliomagnifico · 2026-02-03T20:15:29.000Z 1770149729

> EU does not have software patents.

Spotify, Libreoffice, VLC, Blender, Proton, Gimp, Mastodon, Deezer etc… Even Docker was born in the EU (France).

amai · 2026-02-03T20:59:29.000Z 1770152369

Not to forget Linux and Python

unmole · 2026-02-04T01:51:01.000Z 1770169861

The GP probably meant software patents are not recognised in the EU.

rcbdev · 2026-02-04T05:44:27.000Z 1770183867

You are just listing random software made in the EU, completely disregarding the fact that software is not even patentable in most of not all EU jurisdictions.

giuliomagnifico · 2026-02-04T09:30:02.000Z 1770197402

Oh okay then there are eu software patented, in example lots of SAP apps, medical software from Philips, network software from Ericsson and Nokia etc..