The EU wants to decrease reliance on American technology. Here’s what happened when a POLITICO reporter tried to live and work without it.

  • LemmyPlaceDN@europe.pub
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    1 month ago

    The network effect: If everyone you ever message is there and stays there, it’s hard to leave…

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        1 month ago

        I think it’s more that Lemmy folks assume a lot of universal context from what they know. So maybe get out more and need to interact with humans, but also experience more of the world.

        Some American that only uses iMessage will have no idea what entire continents of people use Whatsapp more than anything else, including to just make calls.