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this is a naive take. companies will still be formed. they will just http 451 all EU users. like threads does right now. this will also mean losing out, but i g

by kmlx 3y ago

this is a naive take. companies will still be formed. they will just http 451 all EU users. like threads does right now. this will also mean losing out, but i guess europeans are used to losing out, and actually prefer it?

esarbe 3y ago
Sure I'd prefer that. I don't need those companies. I wouldn't phrase it as "losing out" though. I would put it as "not being in the crosshairs of endless streams of manipulative content whose only purpose it to induce a demand for low-quality consumerism products whose entire existence is a burden for our planet." Those with FOMO can still use VPNs and pretend to be US citizens.
Barrin92 3y ago
> but i guess europeans are used to losing out, and actually prefer it? losing out on companies that are detrimental to our social fabric, democracy, and psychological health of children is a good thing. Mistaking company values on a stock market for population health is the human equivalent of acting like a paperclip AI
- logicchains 3y ago
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kibwen 3y ago
> i guess europeans are used to losing out This is a naive take. I wish we Americans had "lost out" on Facebook, because the world would be a better place if we had.
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tacker2000 3y ago
So what? If Threads gains traction in the other parts, of course they will launch it EU wide. The EU is often a too big market to be ignored, see Apple and USB C for example. They caved and released the iPhone 15 with that connector now for the whole world. Companies wanting to do business will need to adapt. I dont think Tiktok will close up shop here to be honest.
mftrhu 3y ago
No-one is "losing out" by not having their personal data harvested, sold, and used willy-nilly - it might come as a surprise to some, but having one's rights be respected is actually beneficial.
turquoisevar 3y ago
What’s funny is that Americans don’t seem to realize Europeans can see the cost of all the shiny things like trillion dollar companies, billionaires, “cool” services and the like all the way from across the ocean. To most of them, everytime someone is trying to yank their chain by talking about “losing out” or lack of big tech companies, it’s the equivalent of someone suffering from the bubonic plague bragging about their fashionable buboes.

by kmlx 3y ago

esarbe 3y ago

Sure I'd prefer that. I don't need those companies. I wouldn't phrase it as "losing out" though. I would put it as "not being in the crosshairs of endless streams of manipulative content whose only purpose it to induce a demand for low-quality consumerism products whose entire existence is a burden for our planet." Those with FOMO can still use VPNs and pretend to be US citizens.

Barrin92 3y ago

> but i guess europeans are used to losing out, and actually prefer it? losing out on companies that are detrimental to our social fabric, democracy, and psychological health of children is a good thing. Mistaking company values on a stock market for population health is the human equivalent of acting like a paperclip AI

logicchains 3y ago
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kibwen 3y ago

> i guess europeans are used to losing out This is a naive take. I wish we Americans had "lost out" on Facebook, because the world would be a better place if we had.

logicchains 3y ago
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logicchains 3y ago

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tacker2000 3y ago

So what? If Threads gains traction in the other parts, of course they will launch it EU wide. The EU is often a too big market to be ignored, see Apple and USB C for example. They caved and released the iPhone 15 with that connector now for the whole world. Companies wanting to do business will need to adapt. I dont think Tiktok will close up shop here to be honest.

mftrhu 3y ago

No-one is "losing out" by not having their personal data harvested, sold, and used willy-nilly - it might come as a surprise to some, but having one's rights be respected is actually beneficial.

turquoisevar 3y ago

What’s funny is that Americans don’t seem to realize Europeans can see the cost of all the shiny things like trillion dollar companies, billionaires, “cool” services and the like all the way from across the ocean. To most of them, everytime someone is trying to yank their chain by talking about “losing out” or lack of big tech companies, it’s the equivalent of someone suffering from the bubonic plague bragging about their fashionable buboes.