the Ontario Court of Justice, presided over by Judge Heather Perkins-McVey, ruled that the French parent company must hand over the data to the Canadian authorities. Her reasoning is based on a broad interpretation of “virtual presence”: since OVH operates globally and offers services in Canada, the company is subject to Canadian jurisdiction, regardless of where the physical servers are located.
We should promote open-source alternatives, not american-style digital services, on european soil.
Although the idea is nice, both are needed.
It’s important to have open-source alternatives, but you’re not going to serve websites at the Amazon or Youtube scale by self-hosting OSS. Hyperscaler and their datacentres are also needed.