New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- France has announced a plan to ditch American video meeting platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom with a domestically developed alternative.

This move has sparked online debate, with Zoho's co-founder, Sridhar Vembu, sharing his take on the matter, and calling for 'technology sovereignty' as sovereign nations seek to assert greater control over their digital infrastructure.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Vembu compared recent time's Big Tech companies to the historical East India Company, praising Europe's awakening to the risks of foreign tech dominance, while also taunting at the irony.

Vembu's remarks were in response to another post that highlighted France's decision to phase out US-based platforms. T...