The Right to Leave: Designing Sovereign Endings in an Age of Digital EU Independence.
There is a massive truck hurtling towards US Big Tech, and the European Union is behind the wheel. We are moving beyond simple data protection into a new era of forced digital independence.
This legislation fundamentally increases the requirement for US tech companies to face an ending. It is now up to them whether they want to design one.
The Great Geopatriation: Digital Endings Coming for Millions of Europeans Millions of Europeans to break from Windows
There are over 250 million installations of Microsoft Windows across European businesses and homes. According to Statcounter, the company enjoys a 72% dominance of the desktop operating system market. It has been a mainstay for decades; ever since Windows 95, it has been the preferred choice of PC customers. This means millions of people know nothing other than Windows to run their computers. Could recent changes in politics and policy inspire a world without Windows?