EC users should be afraid of a US kill switch - not some new software

You'd swear from the over-the-top reactions that someone is threatening to take European Commission workers' dogs out back and shoot them. Why the freakout? Because the EC is deploying a self-hosted alternative to Microsoft Teams to keep staff communicating if Microsoft's service becomes unavailable. To be clear, the Commission isn't replacing Teams with Element Pro; it's setting up a backup. That's it. That's all. But according to a Politico report, users are having fits. Element is "absolute shit," rants one. Another proclaims: "The US would 'instantly win the war' if it ever decided to switch off its technology." Uh, guy, that's exactly the point. If US providers cut off European users, whether by choice or government order, many EU...

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