Jan Penfrat<p>Yes, "Buy <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a>" is trending but it also sucks. A lot.</p><p>Hear me out: I understand and also feel the urge for tech <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a>, particularly from the US, right now. </p><p>But just because something is European doesn't make it good or ethical.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Tutanota</span></a></span> People shouldn't trust you because you're "from Europe" or German or whatever. But because you have an <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethical</span></a> business model, employ good people, care about your users, respect <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> and build free and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> software.</p>