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The tech sector in Europe is really pathetic. The only arguments that European tech products use to support themselves are "it's European" and "protects your pr
by favsq 4y ago
The tech sector in Europe is really pathetic. The only arguments that European tech products use to support themselves are "it's European" and "protects your privacy" (as in, it follows the GDPR, as any other product from other countries would).
Just look at this article: it doesn't say "a third mobile OS can't challenge..." but "a European mobile OS can't challenge...". They aren't even shooting for "good" anymore, just "European"
- the-smug-one 4y ago>Just look at this article: it doesn't say "a third mobile OS can't challenge..." but "a European mobile OS can't challenge...". They aren't even shooting for "good" anymore, just "European" That's the original NextWeb article title.
- aleph_minus_one 4y ago> They aren't even shooting for "good" anymore, just "European" This can also be interpreted differently: there is so much distrust with respect to the privacy that US or Chinese products provide that it does not have to be "good" to still get accepted.
- rs999gti 4y ago> with respect to the privacy that US or Chinese products provide Does this mean that EU apps all charge subscriptions or are advertising heavy in order to provide their service and data privacy? They are not charities so if they are not selling their data, they have to be making money some other way
- phh 4y agoIMO Europeans have much less "we MUST scale to infinity and beyond" mentality than SV culture. Once you have a working product that pays 10 people, just being able to pay those 10 people + a little margin can be enough. And not trying to scale to infinity means cash is used more efficiently, thus small ad revenu can be enough.
- favsq 4y agoNo, there isn't, because if there was, people wouldn't use those apps. People may yak and yak about how they distrust the apps, but their actions say that they don't really distrust them.
- aleph_minus_one 4y ago> People may yak and yak about how they distrust the apps, but their actions say that they don't really distrust them. My experience is different: I know quite some people who are very vocal about how much they distrust the apps, but are very consequential in their actions: they at least strongly avoid using such apps; sometimes they even attempt to cease staying in contact with people who broadcast sensitive data around by using particular apps.
- palata 4y agoOne could have similar arguments for the US: Huawei phones got banned because they were getting too big, DJI drones got banned because everyone else in the Western world (including the US) is 10 years behind... TikTok is eating Facebook's lunch...