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Bull. If they wanted to kill competition from the outside, they could just block FANG from doing business there like Russia and China are doing with massive suc

Bull. If they wanted to kill competition from the outside, they could just block FANG from doing business there like Russia and China are doing with massive success. If anything, the EU's fairness is a massive giveway to US tech firms who could hoover up any fledgling EU competitors.

nix23 5y ago
>Bull No Europe would have no search-engine to replace.
- intellirogue 5y ago
  Qwant.
  - nix23 5y ago
    C'mon be real...
- pmontra 5y ago
  If the EU blocks Google today there will be a decent search engine in a few days (I think I used a German one until it shut down a few months ago,) a good one in a few months and a Google level one maybe never. The real problems are: almost everyone use gmail and most people have an Android phone. There will be a 90s like fragmentation for email, maybe by ISP. Not bad at all IMHO. Bigger problem with Android: maps, driving directions, apps delivery and updates. Somebody will provide a plugin replacement for the Play Store, there are alternative map services but it's going to be an interesting season or two.
  - nix23 5y ago
    >If the EU blocks Google today there will be a decent search engine in a few days Ah yes we just buy yandex or baidu.
    - pmontra 5y ago
      I was using Cliqz. You can read their announcement from when they closed the service https://cliqz.com/announcement.html https://cliqz.com/announcement.html "It became clear to us in the last weeks, that all political initiatives to create an independent European digital infrastructure have been stalled or postponed for years." If there where no competitors from outside the EU them or others would create a reasonable search engine.
      - nix23 5y ago
        >It became clear to us in the last weeks, that all political initiatives to create an independent European digital infrastructure have been stalled or postponed for years. But that's exactly my critique about europe.

nix23 5y ago

>Bull No Europe would have no search-engine to replace.

intellirogue 5y ago
Qwant.
- nix23 5y ago
  C'mon be real...
pmontra 5y ago
If the EU blocks Google today there will be a decent search engine in a few days (I think I used a German one until it shut down a few months ago,) a good one in a few months and a Google level one maybe never. The real problems are: almost everyone use gmail and most people have an Android phone. There will be a 90s like fragmentation for email, maybe by ISP. Not bad at all IMHO. Bigger problem with Android: maps, driving directions, apps delivery and updates. Somebody will provide a plugin replacement for the Play Store, there are alternative map services but it's going to be an interesting season or two.
- nix23 5y ago
  >If the EU blocks Google today there will be a decent search engine in a few days Ah yes we just buy yandex or baidu.
  - pmontra 5y ago
    I was using Cliqz. You can read their announcement from when they closed the service https://cliqz.com/announcement.html https://cliqz.com/announcement.html "It became clear to us in the last weeks, that all political initiatives to create an independent European digital infrastructure have been stalled or postponed for years." If there where no competitors from outside the EU them or others would create a reasonable search engine.
    - nix23 5y ago
      >It became clear to us in the last weeks, that all political initiatives to create an independent European digital infrastructure have been stalled or postponed for years. But that's exactly my critique about europe.