It’s much easier to understand when you recognize that practically none of the big tech companies are European, and their own tax laws have been weaponized by m

It’s much easier to understand when you recognize that practically none of the big tech companies are European, and their own tax laws have been weaponized by member states to allow foreign companies to extract capital while paying little in taxes. What they’d like is for more European companies to have a better chance in the market, but they can’t compete without regulatory assistance. It actually doesn’t matter whether GDPR, messenger interoperability, standardized charger plugs, open payment processing, etc. have the stated benefits for consumers because they have the intended benefit for government.