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> The company sounds like a bunch of hot air to me. When they make being from Europe their whole personality, that shows how little value there is to the actua
by neya 14d ago
> The company sounds like a bunch of hot air to me.
When they make being from Europe their whole personality, that shows how little value there is to the actual value proposition.
- ande-mnoc 14d agoI instinctively distrust any company that makes their national origin the main selling point. To me that's a subtle signal that they cannot compete on technical merit.
- antoineMoPa 14d agoI mean, yes, but some governments may be tied to using European alternatives by regulations and some individuals may prefer not relying on US / China models for various reasons (could be political / personal preferences).
- neya 14d agoThis is a universal problem, interesting enough especially you'll notice that in the automotive sectors a lot. Crappy local automakers pull the nationality card because they can't compete on real engineering.
- victorbjorklund 14d agoLots of American companies make a thing that they are American vs Chinese companies.
- verzali 14d agoThere's been a whole thing recently with companies boasting about ensuring American supremacy. I assume its a play for Pentagon dollars, but it is the same kind of thing really.
- Neywiny 14d agoSame with "the original." If their only claim for why I should choose them is they got there first, maybe they should've spent that head start on being better. That said, in some industries it's advantageous to work domestic even if the product is worse. Just a risk vs reward thing
- scrollaway 13d agoOr, it's a signal that you're not giving your data/money to an untrusted ally. Do you even understand just how much Europe distrusts the US with its current administration at this point? Nobody wants to deal with US companies if they can.
- icepush 14d agoOn the flipside imagine if Europe could be a genuinely competitive continent again. I don’t expect it to happen in my lifetime - but if it could, the benefits to the consumer would be enormous.
- falsepolymath 14d agoWhat would be the benefits to consumers and why would it not happen soon?
- veeti 14d agoIt's the perfect analogy, they are just the European middleman repackaging the AI model from Temu.