The end of Skype should be a wakeup call for Europe to up its game⁠

Enrique Dans's article reflects on the decline of Skype, once a European innovation success story, attributing its demise to competition and Microsoft's focus on Teams. The author laments Europe's fading ability to challenge US tech giants, citing a lack of innovation and dependence on American leadership. Dans argues that Europe must prioritize its own technological development and strategic independence, especially given the unreliability of the United States. He uses Skype's trajectory to highlight the need for Europe to foster its own champions and reduce reliance on external powers. Dans also points to other issues such as the fact that to compete with the US, Sweden's Spotify was essentially forced to give away a large part of its company to major US record companies so they would have access to their catalogs. He ultimately claims that the United States has become "the enemy" and cannot be trusted.This article is also available in English on my Medium page, «The end of Skype should be a wakeup call for Europe to up its game«