This breakdown of the UK's Palantir contracts is eye-opening. The scale of vendor lock-in here is kinda wild when contracts approach £2.5T across critical infrastructure. I worked on a much smaller govt procurement project once and even at that scale, extracting yourself from entrenched vendors becomes nearimpossible after a few renewal cycles. The real risk isnt just surveillance but losing policy autonomy to whoever controls the data layer.
Absolutely, and as I mentioned, that's the Peter Thiel model. Exert total control over governments and their subsidiary departments. Making Palantir inextricable.
This breakdown of the UK's Palantir contracts is eye-opening. The scale of vendor lock-in here is kinda wild when contracts approach £2.5T across critical infrastructure. I worked on a much smaller govt procurement project once and even at that scale, extracting yourself from entrenched vendors becomes nearimpossible after a few renewal cycles. The real risk isnt just surveillance but losing policy autonomy to whoever controls the data layer.
Absolutely, and as I mentioned, that's the Peter Thiel model. Exert total control over governments and their subsidiary departments. Making Palantir inextricable.
Very worrying.
Worrying to say the least. It seems all of our eggs are very much in the one basket. Never a good idea.
Absolutely. It is very worrying.