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Why would you be downvoted? You're speaking in favor of your enemies, which are the tech companies in the U.S. the employees of which comprises most of the HN c
by AntiImperialist 6y ago
Why would you be downvoted? You're speaking in favor of your enemies, which are the tech companies in the U.S. the employees of which comprises most of the HN crowd.
It is in the best interest of the E.U. to regulate Big Tech, if only because they are all from the U.S.
But with massive amount of economic muscle that tech companies can muster, specially if they work together, not to mention most of EU still "protected" by NATO, I doubt EU will manage to anything big anytime soon.
- themacguffinman 6y agoPerhaps in the short term, but regulating Big Tech to the ground is not really in the EU's long term interest. I suspect it will actually setback its own tech industry relative to global players for the meagre benefit of temporarily slowing down Big Tech in the EU market.
- AntiImperialist 6y agoThat's not how international trade works. You can regulate your competitors differently.
- themacguffinman 6y agoOk, but it doesn't look like they are. These are broad EU digital market rules. Blatant protectionism isn't popular in developed countries (except in certain industries, not this one at least).
- AntiImperialist 6y ago>Blatant protectionism isn't popular in developed countries Depends which developed countries and which industries. It is much more common than what it appears on the surface.