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

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[โ€“] tramdan@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can't use RCS without Google, though.

[โ€“] ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't use WhatsApp without Meta. What's your point?

[โ€“] tramdan@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The point is not relying on US tech. It's in the title.

[โ€“] ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

The person went back to the smartphone in order to use WhatsApp. I feel RCS is a better option as it doesn't strictly need Google, the reason why it is google is that google has developed the only application which supports RCS.