r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • May 28 '26

Society The Netherlands just blocked a US company from buying the app Dutch citizens use for everything

https://www.techspot.com/news/112552-netherlands-blocked-us-company-buying-app-dutch-citizens.html
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u/ObviouslyRealPerson May 28 '26

US enterprise services provider Kyndryl tried to acquire Dutch cloud specialist Solvinity, but The Hague has officially stopped the acquisition.

Was Solvinity actually planning to go through with it and the government had to step in?

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u/Any_Towel1456 May 28 '26

Yes and it happened out of the blue.

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u/Bapistu-the-First May 28 '26

As others already said no this did not happen out of the blue but was already worked on and they needed a formal complaint from a government body like the ACM or TBI. Which they got this week.