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Some EU countries love extracting billions in fines from large tech companies, warranted or not. It's not surprising that products and services are launched la
by fooker 3y ago
Some EU countries love extracting billions in fines from large tech companies, warranted or not.
It's not surprising that products and services are launched late (after more lawyering) or not at all.
Ideological policies often have a side effect. It's worth the inconvenience only some of the time.
- Keyframe 3y agoit must be hard following the law then for google. OpenAI doesn't seem to have an issue with it, yet; Nor Apple, nor Microsoft, even Facebook..
- fooker 3y agoOpenAI : https://time.com/6282325/sam-altman-openai-eu/ https://time.com/6282325/sam-altman-openai-eu/ Apple : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%27s_EU_tax_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%27s_EU_tax_dispute MS: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/04/25/microsoft-reportedly-wont-bundle-teams-with-office-in-the-future/ https://www.ghacks.net/2023/04/25/microsoft-reportedly-wont-... Facebook: https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/02/07/meta-threatens-to-shut-down-facebook-and-instagram-in-europe-over-data-transfer-issues https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/02/07/meta-threatens-to-s...
- Keyframe 3y agoYes, yes.. yet, somehow they all operate in EU. Google somehow can't. Not to mention (non) availability of pixel and similar which have nothing to do with the above.
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