Martin Hähnel
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What the fall of trust in the US tech companies and the rise of AI in particular have clarified for me, is that I am not switching apps (et.al.) if they are not at least made in the EU and/or have a strong AI policy. I don't say "anti AI policy" only, because I can't bring myself to believe in a completely AI free future. There may be some AI free options and some of the stuff might be made in Europe, but finding an adequate or better replacement for everything in my life is unreasonable and the EU part smells slightly like excluding for example contenders from non European places. My argument for preferring specifically EU makers stems from the simple fact that my voice means at least something (if still very little), as EU institutions are at least in part beholden to me as a EU citizen. And for the AI part: You better bare your soul if you use AI in your stuff.

(This also means that the only viable (as in "can actually do things") AI company that I would even remotely consider is Mistral, personally. I still didn't choose them, as I currently can live quite well without AI in my personal life. The Swiss Apertus AI is not a viable alternative, yet.)