Why the global push to break free from Big Tech keeps falling short

In the book “The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud,” writer Cecilia Rikap examines how India, Brazil and China are taking on Big Tech companies.

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My government is not actually committed.

Oh, but Azure has a DC in Canada, so it’s fine!

No. It’s not. There’s a thing called the CLOUD act and it’s 100% backfired to fuck.