> It's pretty obvious that the EU is only doing this because Google is a US company. It's pretty obvious that Americans are complaining because Google is a US

> It's pretty obvious that the EU is only doing this because Google is a US company. It's pretty obvious that Americans are complaining because Google is a US company and they want it to succeed even at the cost of unethical or illegal behaviour as determined by foreign jurisdictions, and that they deem their own laws to be exceptional and superior to those of all other nations. See? I can make totally unsubstantiated claims too. The point being all your comment does is serve to distract from the actual issues in question by turning the issue into a tribal us-versus-them conflict. It's tedious and unproductive. I'd wager if the US's own regulatory agencies were doing their jobs then each of the 'big four/five' tech companies would have faced penalties in the past on various issues. They haven't because of that thing you mentioned, protectionism.