In late December, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sanctioned former European Commission tech chief Thierry Breton for his role in leading "organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose." The architect of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) – a pet hate of the Trump administration – has yet to be deterred. Last month, he joined a chorus of calls for Europe to end its reliance on dominant US tech companies. "The time for an apologetic Europe is over," the former Atos CEO said in a rallying cry that points out we now live in a world "where digital sovereignty has become one of the central arenas of power politics." But what to do about it? US companies hold overwhelming positions in markets including cloud infrastructure and personal productivity tools, to say the least.…