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EU doesn’t have FAANG who hoover up startups. Not nearly as many ”Our great journey”-posts get made.
by nikanj 7y ago
EU doesn’t have FAANG who hoover up startups. Not nearly as many ”Our great journey”-posts get made.
- yardie 7y agoThe EU has traditional MNCs like Bouygues, Orange, or SFR who identify these startups as threats and neutralize them through legislation or acquisition.
- CaptainZapp 7y agoThe broadband competition in most of Europe seems much, much healthier than in basically all of the US. Speed is higher, prices are significantly cheaper and in a lot of countries fiber to home is widely available. Those traditional carriers (which I note are all French and you forgot to mention Free, which pretty much kicked their collective asses) don't seem to do much to thottle that. Do they?