[myu701]

> major US tech company to outright crap on national sovereignity of an European country.

Isn't this just a modern version of merchants refusing to land at a given port of call because there is no navy defending from pirates, and the pirates know it?

I would argue that this is not anyone crapping on anyone's sovereignty.

Nobody would accuse the company of being pretentious for refusing to let their crews be preyed upon with impunity, it would fall to the local citizens to demand the pirates get gone, or they continue not to be able to get goods from that particular merchant?

US tech companies certainly do have bullying problems. I'm not sure this is one, but I'm open to being convinced otherwise.