@cstross@wandering.shop @newsguyusa@flipboard.social The UK is in an invidious position when its prime ally and provider of key technologies goes evil. They have us by the short and curlies and any push back could be made very painful very quickly (eg: MS365 being turned off by presidential dictat). Yes this is a profoundly crap response and something better should be done. I’m not sure what the exact shape of that is though. Steps to reduce out dependency would be a good start.