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I don't think so. The EU isn't better off than the US when it comes to cellphone standards as such and it certainly haven't made them any better at building suc
by ThomPete 9y ago
I don't think so. The EU isn't better off than the US when it comes to cellphone standards as such and it certainly haven't made them any better at building successful companies.
EU is trying to solve a bunch of things through legislation which the market should be solving on it it's own.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago> EU is trying to solve a bunch of things through legislation which the market should be solving on it it's own. Maybe because they know that the market doesn't solve such problems, it only makes them worse. Market players profit from creating barriers for customers and keeping the system balkanized; it takes a strong actor outside of that market to force a common standard. See also: why sending files directly between a computer running Apple's OS and one running Microsoft's OS is so ridiculously complicated.