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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months ago

Microsoft's getting cold feet and is now 'pledging' its new commitment to Europe

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Microsoft's getting cold feet and is now 'pledging' its new commitment to Europe

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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months ago
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Start your boycott today at !linux@programming.dev

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    It’s the classic bad faith tactic of claiming the opposite of what actually happens

    • macniel@feddit.org
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      Microsoft was always big on Embrace Extend Extinguish. And nothing really changed.

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The community to discuss buying European goods and services.

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  • Switching your tech to European TLDR: https://better-tech.eu/tldr/ (relevant post)

  • Buy European meta website with useful links: https://gohug.eu/ (relevant post)

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