: 'It's amazing how fast the change has been'
  • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    57·
    2 days ago

    Let’s just hope that this has a noticeable impact on the hyperscale CSPs bottom lines in 4-6 quarters. Europe has a very a very bad habit of kicking the can down the road and not rocking the boat. Now is not the time for such meekness.

    If you don’t live in the US, you’re asking for trouble if you use American tech. Doesn’t matter if the provider is sane or not, they are still subject to the whims of a proto-facist regime. But even beyond the regime, the American business community is extremely corrupt. They might not see it as corruption (corruption is what happens in some shithole), but that’s just an excuse.

    And with all due respect to sane Americans, unless there is a massive change in their risk tolerance, it is unlikely there will be any movement away from proto-facism in the short to medium term.

    Things aren’t going to magically sort themselves out.

    • Tja@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      21 hours ago

      Even 6 quarters are a tall order to move out of the cloud, depending how much of the managed services you use…

      We just need some better European CSPs, ionos or ovh could become it, but they’re not there yet.

    • sykaster@feddit.nlEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      I just switched everything over to a European provider: cloud, email, office programs. I’m also seriously considering using Linux now

      • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        21·
        2 days ago

        I still have to move away from Windows (by far the biggest issue due to line of business applications and gaming) and Android with Google.

        I have experience with Linux via a headless Raspberry Pi home server, but desktop/laptop is whole different level of complexity.

        • sykaster@feddit.nlEnglish
          8·
          2 days ago

          Linux isn’t that far behind anymore in terms of gaming. Business applications are a real issue though. I use Adobe Premiere Pro, as far as I know there’s no good alternative on Linux

          • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            Also depends on your taste in gaming. More niche games and some retro games can be really hit or miss. But I do agree that in the last ~5 years there has been a revolution in gaming on Linux.

  • letsgo@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    If CIVO are in the UK then why the fuck are their prices in dollars!!!

    (yeah probably for easier comparison with the US stuff but even so)

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    2 days ago

    These stories are starting to feel like the “Trump could be in big trouble now” headlines where nothing ever fucking happens.