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I suspect it's because of American tech companies egregiously monitizing their customers

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• stjohnswarts 5y ago
  European internet companies don't use ads for revenues?
  • ceejayoz 5y ago
    European internet companies exist within a jurisdiction that enforces a particular level of privacy protections the US does not guarantee in the slightest.
    • stjohnswarts 5y ago
      American companies operating in Europe have to follow the same laws as European companies.
      • ceejayoz 5y ago
        Sure, and they're getting in trouble lately because they aren't. Successive legal decisions are deeming "operate in Europe, but store data in the US" to be not protective enough of EU residents' data.
  • voidfunc 5y ago
    The EU hates money.
  • lazide 5y ago
    How many of the top 10 ad supported tech companies are based in the EU again?
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    • stjohnswarts 5y ago
      That wasn't the question. if European companies can use ads why can't American companies? It's not like you suddenly stop needing to make money after you reach top 10 status.
      • lazide 5y ago
        If there are no major European Ad companies, then this is a false comparison - which is the point. If the EU has no economic horse in the race, they are going to make rules that reflect that. If anything, even to ban the companies that other countries have that are valuable if they are uninterested or unable to compete.