[dragonwriter]

> Also, "my data is handled by a company under the EU law" is quite a good sale pitch these days.

Everyone operating in the EU is under EU law, including Amazon, so it's certainly not a competitive pitch vs. Amazon, however much it might be on a checklist of things customers are looking for.

[mprev]

From the perspective of a customer who cares about these things, though, there is a difference between a non-EU company bound by EU law and an EU head quartered company.

I'm not saying it's enough to build an AWS-sized business or that Lidl is in a position to do it but there are cloud hosts who sell themselves specifically on that, such Exoscale.com

[rsynnott]

It's complicated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._United_Stat...

There are absolutely companies who won't use Amazon due to concerns over things like that.

[BiteCode_dev]

In opposition to the rules from the American authorities, which begets things like PRISM.

Also, it's a matter of culture, the native law context of a company drives a lot of the things they do internally.

[VWWHFSfQ]

I can understand this. I would never prefer a German company if there was an equivalent American company providing the same service. In some ways it must feel like a loss of sovereignty to be so heavily reliant on American companies for necessary services. Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, etc.

[eru]

> I would never prefer a German company if there was an equivalent American company providing the same service.

Why?

[BiteCode_dev]

You know the game and the meta game better in your own country. Plus, there is nationalism, solidarity, proximity, proudness, language barrier, favoritism, etc. that all enter in consideration.

[eru]

I guess I'd be in solidarity with all humans? Perhaps more with poorer humans, eg there's a reason to buy from China rather than America?

But really, just buy from the vendor that has the best balance of quality and price, I guess.

[VWWHFSfQ]

If the service and quality is equivalent then I would prefer to give my money to an American company since I'm American

[eru]

I would prefer to keep my money, if I can.

Otherwise, I don't think any of Germans or Poles or Chinese or Americans etc are better humans than the other. Or more deserving.

There's a bit of an argument in favour of buying from poorer countries, like China or Bangladesh, I guess.

[VWWHFSfQ]

It's not about being better humans or more deserving. More just about being self-reliant and supporting the economy that most directly affects me.