What makes you think other, smaller companies aren't also subject to the laws of the US? If they aren't cooperating, then their hosting companies or datacenters or upstream bandwidth providers are.
Google and Microsoft are following laws that were created by Congress with the support of the American people. Our anger is not appropriately directed at PRISM or any of its participants, but at Congress and the American people's apathy.
Exactly this. If the companies gets a court order to turn over data, they don't have much choice. And smaller companies probably have even less choice as they cannot afford expensive lawyers to appeal.
That said, the companies maybe doesn't do enough to resist but they surely do more than most smaller companies could. The laws needs to be changed to stop this. As a side note, I am not an American so I expect NSA to grab at my data, it is their job after all - to gather foreign intelligence.
I use several American services (Gmail, dropbox, facebook, etc.) but doing that is a calculated risk. Entrusting your data to a third party is always a calculated risk and I chose to take that risk. PRISM revelations has not especially surprised me as I already assumed that the US would/could spy on me since I am a foreigner.
Sure, but it would be nice if those companies (especially the ones who play off morality as their tagline) did everything just under what's illegal to inform the public of what's happening.
Google and Microsoft are following laws that were created by Congress with the support of the American people. Our anger is not appropriately directed at PRISM or any of its participants, but at Congress and the American people's apathy.