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# Europe builds open-source moats while Britain clings to American tech
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/europe-builds-open-source-moats-while-britain-clings-to-american-tech/
- Published: 2026-07-28T10:05:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-28T10:05:33.000Z
- Description: Trump’s return is accelerating a genuine divergence: the EU is systematically backing open-source alternatives to US platforms as a sovereignty play, while the UK—lacking the regulatory leverage of GDPR and the market size to make demands stick—remains dependent on the Google-Microsoft-Amazon axis.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-culture, regulation/policy, digital infrastructure

Source: [The Register: Biting the hand that feeds](https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/07/27/digital-sovereignty-is-real-in-europe-the-uk-not-so-much/5276852?ref=adjacent.media)

Trump's return is accelerating a genuine divergence: the EU is systematically backing open-source alternatives to US platforms as a sovereignty play, while the UK—lacking the regulatory leverage of GDPR and the market size to make demands stick—remains dependent on the Google-Microsoft-Amazon axis. European startups and governments can now operate on non-US infrastructure and gain competitive advantage, while British firms and institutions face recurring risk of US policy whiplash without the tools to opt out.