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> Big Tech decides regulations are too costly, leaves Europe completely That will never be the case as long as Europe has a functioning economy. Look at countr
by mk89 8y ago
> Big Tech decides regulations are too costly, leaves Europe completely
That will never be the case as long as Europe has a functioning economy. Look at countries like China -> everyone (Google, Microsoft, Facebook...) wants to get in, although the price to pay is really high.
These fines only affect small/medium sized companies that don't have a strong business in Europe, so it doesn't make any sense for them to get fined.
- sbacic 8y agoThat's absolutely true. However, there is one thing that isn't mentioned nearly enough - not all European countries (markets?) get the same levels of service. For example, there is still no iTunes store in my country or Amazon Prime delivery. I can't even sell apps on the Google Play store because my country is not supported. And those are just the examples I can think of off the top of my head.
- anoncake 8y agoThe issue here is too little regulation. The EU really needs to outlaw discriminating against its member states.
- sbacic 8y agoI'm not sure if you can do that - what you're essentially suggesting is that the EU forces companies to provide their services in certain EU members, whether it makes sense for them or not.
- anoncake 8y agoExactly. Forcing companies to do things that dont make sense for them is kind of the whole point of regulations.
- jimmy1 8y ago> price to pay is really high. I definitely agree and this is my main point: If Google or others have to fundamentally restructure their business model, or the cost of keeping up with the regulations outweighs the potential upside (and here cost includes all metrics: real cost, opportunity cost), then they will most definitely back out, scale down, offer a reduced service, or worst of all, charge for their software! -- gasp!