[sincerely]

Pretty sure they are implying that the actions of the current president/administration are causing people to re-evaluate US dependencies. I don't really understand the first half

[fifilura]

I think in the first part they are implying that there are very few independent companies to turn to.

(I also prefer comments that are clear without insinuations).

[abirch]

Precisely like code

  Clarity > Cleverness

[Gormo]

What about all of the long-tail providers that are often listed on lowendbox.com and similar sites?

[stavros]

Ahh, the sales rep is Trump, that makes sense, thank you. I thought Jacques meant they had lobbyists somehow.

[Tadpole9181]

1. There's no meaningful European competition.

2. Trump is making everyone scared to use US hosting.

So they're leveraging for extra profits.

[wongarsu]

That is indeed what the comment seems to be implying.

"No meaningful European competition" might be a bit too strong. There are many great EU hosters. OVH, Netcup, Scaleway, Strato, Ionos, Exoscale, to name a few. But Hetzner is probably the biggest and has the best name recognition. Doesn't hurt that their prices are among the best in the industry

[formerly_proven]

These are all really quite small though.

Revenue (EUR): Ionos 1.5bn, OVH 1bn, Hetzner 0.5bn, Strato <0.2bn, Netcup (incl. parent) <0.1bn, Scaleway <0.1bn, Exoscale <0.01bn

[hsuduebc2]

The ridiculous prices of memory surely does not help.