Escaping the Cloud Trap: Time for a European Alternative
Arjen Lubach asked a pressing question last Thursday in his TV show LUBACH: could Trump digitally shut down the Netherlands? Spoiler alert: yes, he could.
In the episode, Arjen Lubach clearly explains how our reliance on American cloud services (Microsoft, Google, Amazon) makes us vulnerable. Turmp has the option to block all your acces to the American cloud. Did you know that Microsoft recently cut off email services for the International Criminal Court in The Hague? That real-world example shows just how high the stakes are.
đ What is âthe cloudâ? Basically, massive data centers that host our data and applications remotely. The vast majority of the worldâs governments, businesses, and citizens store their data in U.S. based centers, with all the attendant risks.
â ď¸ The consequences of this dependence
- Without access to cloud services, healthcare, the judiciary, tax authorities, and public transportation would all grind to a halt.
- State secrets and corporate documents are at risk, and on a personal level, your photos and videos could be gone forever if access is revoked.
Thatâs why we, Jochem and Bram, began migrating all our personal cloud data to European providers. We found there was still no truly userâfriendly option for photo storage, so we created PixelUnion.
With PixelUnion:
- You get a genuinely European alternative to American Big Tech.
- We offer 16âŻGB free to try (thatâs 1âŻGB more than Google!).
- Store all your photo’s and videos on European soil
Over 1,400 users have already made the switch to our platform and that is something we didn’t think would happend in less than a month. So we are realy proud of this.
Join us in championing digital sovereignty. With PixelUnion, weâre building a future where our data truly belongs to us and no longer depends on political whims across the Atlantic. đđ
Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoTMwX_clDs