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I think i speak for many europeans when i say: We would be glad if Amazon, Google and Microsoft would leave and never come back.
by RalfWausE 5y ago
I think i speak for many europeans when i say: We would be glad if Amazon, Google and Microsoft would leave and never come back.
- iqanq 5y agoI think I speak for many more Europeans when I say: I want to be free to conduct my business with whatever corporation I want.
- bluecalm 5y agoDefinitely not for me. Amazon was the first corporation that let me buy books from around the world cheaply. They were shipping from US back then and it was way faster and cheaper to get books in English from them than from any other retailer. In my country I could maybe get some abridged stuff for learners from a very limited selection. Amazon improved my life so much I don't think any European company comes close. I've learnt English and many other things thanks to them. Google for all it flows were the first with amazingly good search, first very good web based email and first very good maps with turn by turn navigation. It saved me and all of Europe so much time and money I don't think the whole of EU budget with all of the programs would ever come close to it. Those companies offer tremendous value for hundreds of millions of people in Europe every day. Honestly I would rather have the whole German economy with their polluting cheating cars and idiotic EU programs that got snatched by grant seeking industries at the cost of bigger taxes for real business go bust than Google or Amazon. I am still waiting for an EU company to come up with anything remotely as useful.
- k8sToGo 5y agoNo, you are not.
- rosndo 5y agoI think you speak for a vanishingly small minority of Europeans.
- 6510 5y agoI haven't counted them but many may be smaller than a majority. We Europians love to brag about superior values and about culture. (Have to ignore how we got there) If we build all those things ourselves (which we didn't) they would be a better fit. The Chinese have their own eco system with that dictatorial control over content and the slave labor which doesn't line up with our values but they do have their own thing. The US system of tracking and data mining ur mum for purposes of drone strikes also doesn't really tickle our fancy. Platforms that can kill off your business whenever they like in a "sucks to be you" kind of way is not really how we want things to work in Europe. If any stereotype can be had we are more of a "does what it says on the can" kind of people.
- refurb 5y agoI’m glad you’re willing to sacrifice your fellow citizens jobs. Very brave of you!