It could cost 115B for them ! 😎

And not ditching them costs us our freedom and future. Also, authorities in the EU and member states are spending billions on licenses and support, going to those US tech giants, every single year. And just for context, The EU27 spent 418B EUR on defense in 2025 alone. On top of that, that money would stay in Europe instead of being lost to the US.

Given that not even the US tech lobby couldn't inflate that number to more than 115B EUR, makes it even financially a very realistic endeavor. Thanks tech oligarchs for confirming it.

Yeah, so how much would it cost to keep you? A lot more? Thought so.

Big headline, but check the fine print: most of that €115B assumes the EU will do something it hasn't actually proposed — extending the rules to private companies. And the study was paid for by the very US tech giants who'd lose business if Europe buys less American cloud. They only counted the costs of switching, never the benefits. Take it with a grain of salt.

Fuck em

A clearly impartial and unbiased opinion. I believe the EU should give me a ton of dollars or its economy will collapse. I hope this well-argued opinion gets all the media coverage.

Seems more like an investment than a loss.

The US has sided with Russia. Dependence now carries existential risks for the EU, so the costs hardly matter.

Instead, lets try and imagine how much this emerging conflict between Europe and the US has already cost Silicon Valley in terms of lost revenue.

Europe isn’t screwing the tech bro’s, they screwed themselves.

How thoughtful of the companies profiting from Europe’s dependence to commission a study explaining why independence is too expensive. That’s not an economic forecast: it’s a ransom note with footnotes. Funny how €115 billion in supposed costs is terrifying, but decades of vendor lock in, surveillance, and lost sovereignty are apparently free. 🙈

Even if that figure were accurate (which, as others have already pointed out, is unlikely) there is a finite payback period. And that's not even taking into consideration the advantages of digital independence.

€115B into the European economy? Sounds great.

And this €115bn isn't over a one year period, but over an extended length of time (6-10 years). Honestly, the EU would be nuts not to introduce sovereignty requirements.

Unreliability is worthless.

Seems like a small number in this context tbh - if it were trillions that would be one thing, but 115 billion seems doable. Hard, but doable.

Sounds like a very reasonable price for the benefits it would bring.

Money not spend and value created? Win win scenario, just for a little hiccup during the transition…

That sounds like a bargain for sovereignty

Don't we have AI that can reverse engineer just about anything... Be a real shame if governments just started replacing all these proprietary dependencies with their own solutions...

Long term independence more important than short term money !

I already want technological sovereignty, you don't have to sell it to me. €115 billion is nothing for the entire EU. Plus it would be money spent on European products instead.

I hear BigTech screeching so it MUST be the best way forward... reinvent those 115B € in the EU!

How long would it take Europe to save €115B in microslop ransom.. sorry i mean microsoft subscription charges?

When the dogs start howling, you know you are doing something right.

So thoughtful of them

Sounds good