> What the EU should do is earmark some of that money to be directly paid as engineering salaries. I mean, that's exactly what they do. Any company with good f

> What the EU should do is earmark some of that money to be directly paid as engineering salaries. I mean, that's exactly what they do. Any company with good finances can apply for support for R&D to develop new features or tech that they would otherwise not develop or invest in. This comes in the form of direct contributions to employees' salaries listed in the grant application. I've written and defended these grants for multiple companies and I have been on the receiving end of them, too. This isn't even specific to this deal, this is just something you can always do, along with literally hundreds of EU and state level support programs.