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I think it's interesting that more antitrust lawsuits seem to be brought and won against big SV companies recently in Europe. Is it just recently because becaus

I think it's interesting that more antitrust lawsuits seem to be brought and won against big SV companies recently in Europe. Is it just recently because because bureaucracy takes its' time, or is it because nowadays there is more political will to act against American companies since EU-American relations worsened since Trump came into office?

rlanday 9y ago
Those who can’t innovate, regulate. I think trying to money from big US tech companies since Europe doesn’t have many of its own is definitely part of the equation.
- jimnotgym 9y ago
  Another way to look at it is that some US tech companies think they can treat laws as an inconvenience to brush aside. In the USA corporate capture of regulators and political lobbying have reached the levels whereby they are unable to tackle these behemoths, however the EU is still operating as an efficient law enforcer? And maybe the EU does lack an illegal data collecting advertiser disguised as address book, but that is not the only kind of technical innovation possible.
joelrunyon 9y ago
Not everything is about Trump. The EU has long had stronger user-privacy protections. This isn't new or unique to the last year.
- freehunter 9y ago
  Yeah, I don't think Trump had anything to do with Microsoft's IE and WMP judgements, or the Google right to be forgotten thing in France. The EU has always taken a strong stance of corporate overreach.
cheschire 9y ago
Why do you think it’s recent? There have been plenty of cases of SV companies being fined in EU courts. 30 seconds of googling got me this WSJ article from 2015 https://outline.com/dvU9St https://outline.com/dvU9St
111_1_111 9y ago
This isn't a new phenomenon. Europe levied enormous fines on Intel, Microsoft, and Facebook before Trump even became president.
s73v3r_ 9y ago
I think it's more that there just is more interest in the EU in acting on behalf of their citizens, than there is in the US. Much of the US prides itself on being "Business Friendly", and the counterpart to that is not being as responsive to citizens or employees.

rlanday 9y ago

Those who can’t innovate, regulate. I think trying to money from big US tech companies since Europe doesn’t have many of its own is definitely part of the equation.

jimnotgym 9y ago
Another way to look at it is that some US tech companies think they can treat laws as an inconvenience to brush aside. In the USA corporate capture of regulators and political lobbying have reached the levels whereby they are unable to tackle these behemoths, however the EU is still operating as an efficient law enforcer? And maybe the EU does lack an illegal data collecting advertiser disguised as address book, but that is not the only kind of technical innovation possible.

joelrunyon 9y ago

Not everything is about Trump. The EU has long had stronger user-privacy protections. This isn't new or unique to the last year.

freehunter 9y ago
Yeah, I don't think Trump had anything to do with Microsoft's IE and WMP judgements, or the Google right to be forgotten thing in France. The EU has always taken a strong stance of corporate overreach.

cheschire 9y ago

Why do you think it’s recent? There have been plenty of cases of SV companies being fined in EU courts. 30 seconds of googling got me this WSJ article from 2015 https://outline.com/dvU9St https://outline.com/dvU9St

111_1_111 9y ago

This isn't a new phenomenon. Europe levied enormous fines on Intel, Microsoft, and Facebook before Trump even became president.

s73v3r_ 9y ago

I think it's more that there just is more interest in the EU in acting on behalf of their citizens, than there is in the US. Much of the US prides itself on being "Business Friendly", and the counterpart to that is not being as responsive to citizens or employees.