I’m surprised you emphasized government wrt. privacy here. Sure, despite the fact that the US government institutions have more mechanisms for oversight and transparency after 20 or 40 years, etc., they are certainly the most profligate in their use of surveillance and hacking, etc., and US three letter agencies are the most adept at completely side-stepping those publicized limitations — so it’s not like the government isn’t an issue, and the US government most of all.
But when it comes to surveillance on this quotidian level, I think private/corporate surveillance it’s far more relevant and problematic. In that regard, I’d slightly prefer a European country with good privacy laws like those you listed, because (probably) Bunny is not itself at the level of a panopticon such as Google, and the likelihood it has or would avail of avenues for resale to panopticon capable data brokers is less than it would be for US companies.
But even there, it does seem like a quite incremental improvement. The door is still wedged open, but now probably less wide, and probably with a stronger doorstop. It would be nice to not leave the door open at all.
Fair enough, and in a sense I don't even really disagree, but my point is essentially that self-hosting eliminates the class of problems almost entirely, meaning there would be no need to rely on this kind of 2nd order competition at all.
But when it comes to surveillance on this quotidian level, I think private/corporate surveillance it’s far more relevant and problematic. In that regard, I’d slightly prefer a European country with good privacy laws like those you listed, because (probably) Bunny is not itself at the level of a panopticon such as Google, and the likelihood it has or would avail of avenues for resale to panopticon capable data brokers is less than it would be for US companies.
But even there, it does seem like a quite incremental improvement. The door is still wedged open, but now probably less wide, and probably with a stronger doorstop. It would be nice to not leave the door open at all.