Currently, the EU has no digital presence. It does not appear that it will have a digital future either.
I understand that something needs to change. The lack of relevance has societal, economic, geopolitical, and even military consequences.
I am not convinced that these specific laws are the issue. There seems to be a fundamental problem at the core of the EU's industry that predates them: there is no grassroots innovation.
Most of what are now technology companies with finances comparable to some EU countries started out as students in garages in the 2000s. What seems to be missing in the EU is the joy and ability for outsiders to pursue unconventional ideas.
The EU's concept of "innovation" often involves extensive bureaucracy and subsidies for programs like Horizon 2020. An in-group of industry representatives receives subsidies that were developed by their own lobbyists. While this might be effective if the goal is to reduce vehicle breaking particles by 9.23%, it does not foster novel technology or innovative ideas.
If a committee of bureaucrats can understand it, then it is unlikely to lead to significant technological advancements or innovative concepts.
You can tell by their pricing. They're probably hoping that some regulation will force customers to use european providers? Or they have better, non-public, pricing on demand?
Even that isn't necessary. I do it because I want to share cool things, even if they're not useful. The world didn't need another crossword puzzle creator, I just felt like writing one.
I think your father thought about this for a long time. And concluded: His love for you is unconditional. He puts that above any and all belief he ever held or will hold.
Maybe he'll start to look at other things a bit differently, too.
Maybe you're making his life a bit more beautiful.
The problem has been noticed enough to the point that there are plenty of proposed solutions. I know of YUNOHOST, sandstorm, caprover, xsrv, runtipi.io, ...
How does your solution compare to those?
I've personally tried yunohost and sandstorm, before giving up on tools like it.
Eventually something broke, and because I didn't do the install, it was hidden behind a button, troubleshooting became so much harder.
For friends and family that want to self-host, without knowledge of linux, I usually recommend to purchase a synology product. It's sadly proprietary, but it's closest to a "point-and-click just works".
Is there any meta analysis on these major outages?
They seem to be occuring more and more regularly.