No, I don’t think this is incredibly likely to happen. But like how some disaster prep agencies model zombie outbreaks to get people thinking about hurricanes and earthquakes, it’s a good thought experiment.
Let’s say out of the blue there’s an executive order that prevents US tech companies from servicing Canadian customers.
How hosed are you? Would you have access to backups of family photos not on Apple or Google? Does your email still work? Can you access your password manager? If you have a domain registered, is it still pointable to your servers?
I ask this because I’m trying to train myself to look for Can/EU alternatives in my tech stack for work and personal life.
The only US based services I use are Signal, Bluesky, and YouTube.
Signal. I only E2EE with one person so we can switch to Briar.
I don’t care enough about Bluesky to find an alternative but Mastodon might do.
I watch YouTube with a frontend (PipePipe) so I’ll probably continue using that.
Email is Proton as is password manager and VPN. I don’t use cloud storage.
Edit: corrected my early morning attempts at spelling.