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Maybe if they asserted themselves as much as the EU does the tech situation of the US would be the same as the one in the EU.
by ghuin 5y ago
Maybe if they asserted themselves as much as the EU does the tech situation of the US would be the same as the one in the EU.
- endisneigh 5y agoMaybe, maybe not. Is the EU's situation a result of their regulation?
- zepto 5y agoProbably.
- endisneigh 5y agoBased on what? Any evidence?
- zepto 5y agoYes, I assume that European are as smart an entrepreneurial as Americans, therefore the kinds of companies they build are likely a result of the regulatory environment.
- ResearchCode 5y agoReductionist to the point of nonsense of course. It could be any of many factors.
- zepto 5y agoSuch as?
- ResearchCode 5y agoSuch as legacy effects.
- inglor_cz 5y agoThere are big European software companies, such as Avast, but they are mostly now owned by Americans. There aren't big European social networks, but that might be caused by the fact that Europe is linguistically and culturally very fragmented. Which does not matter as much if your product is an antivirus, but it does matter when you build a product whose value is in the sheer mass of mutually communicating users. The Anglosphere is HUGE.
- largbae 5y agoWould the EU assert itself so firmly against a European Facebook? Maybe multiple governments fighting for their slice of the internet tax pie is just slowing big tech's regulatory capture.