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Comment by sincerely

2 months ago

Pretty sure they are implying that the actions of the current president/administration are causing people to re-evaluate US dependencies. I don't really understand the first half

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fifilura  2 months ago

I think in the first part they are implying that there are very few independent companies to turn to.

(I also prefer comments that are clear without insinuations).

stavros  2 months ago

Ahh, the sales rep is Trump, that makes sense, thank you. I thought Jacques meant they had lobbyists somehow.

Tadpole9181  2 months ago

1. There's no meaningful European competition.

2. Trump is making everyone scared to use US hosting.

So they're leveraging for extra profits.

  • wongarsu  2 months ago

    That is indeed what the comment seems to be implying.

    "No meaningful European competition" might be a bit too strong. There are many great EU hosters. OVH, Netcup, Scaleway, Strato, Ionos, Exoscale, to name a few. But Hetzner is probably the biggest and has the best name recognition. Doesn't hurt that their prices are among the best in the industry

    • formerly_proven  1 month ago

      These are all really quite small though.

      Revenue (EUR): Ionos 1.5bn, OVH 1bn, Hetzner 0.5bn, Strato <0.2bn, Netcup (incl. parent) <0.1bn, Scaleway <0.1bn, Exoscale <0.01bn