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Animats 3y ago
Yes, thanks. Now I get it. His big non-rant point is that the EU has failed to generate significant "cloud capital". There's no dominant European alternative to Meta/Facebook/Instagram or Google. The main competition seems to be TikTok. Amazon, though, does not dominate the online market for stuff in the EU as it does in the US.[1] Most of the EU competitors to Amazon are single-country, apparently. [1] https://sifted.eu/articles/amazon-europe-ecommerce-competitors https://sifted.eu/articles/amazon-europe-ecommerce-competito...
- ilkke 3y ago
  How is that even remotely "his big point"? He is criticizing the wealth extraction, not lamenting that he doesn't get a better seat at its table.
  - Animats 3y ago
    No, he wants a better seat at the table. He's a minor politician. Held office in Greece. Heads the " European Realistic Disobedience Front".
    - trog 3y ago
      > No, he wants a better seat at the table. He's a minor politician. Held office in Greece. Heads the " European Realistic Disobedience Front". Please look him up in a bit more detail before dismissing him as a 'minor politician'.
- snowpid 3y ago
  Varoufakis clearly has a bad record of non - successes: - Bad Greek financial minister - His stances on Ukraine conflict and Israel (why doesnt he just stop talking about these topics? It is out of his expertise!) He might ask local entrepreneurs what challenges they face in Greece / EU / Europe. But I guess this is too much work for leftie intellectual.
  - jacooper 3y ago
    His stance on israel is perfect, its an apartheid occupation.
- foogazi 3y ago
  > Most of the EU competitors to Amazon are single-country, apparently. Weird - so regardless of the Union part of the EU, European companies have not expanded beyond their home countries?
  - lazide 3y ago
    Language/cultural barriers are strong in Europe.
justinclift 3y ago
How accurate and trustworthy is the summarisation though?

Yes, thanks. Now I get it. His big non-rant point is that the EU has failed to generate significant "cloud capital". There's no dominant European alternative to Meta/Facebook/Instagram or Google. The main competition seems to be TikTok. Amazon, though, does not dominate the online market for stuff in the EU as it does in the US.[1] Most of the EU competitors to Amazon are single-country, apparently. [1] https://sifted.eu/articles/amazon-europe-ecommerce-competitors https://sifted.eu/articles/amazon-europe-ecommerce-competito...

ilkke 3y ago
How is that even remotely "his big point"? He is criticizing the wealth extraction, not lamenting that he doesn't get a better seat at its table.
- Animats 3y ago
  No, he wants a better seat at the table. He's a minor politician. Held office in Greece. Heads the " European Realistic Disobedience Front".
  - trog 3y ago
    > No, he wants a better seat at the table. He's a minor politician. Held office in Greece. Heads the " European Realistic Disobedience Front". Please look him up in a bit more detail before dismissing him as a 'minor politician'.
snowpid 3y ago
Varoufakis clearly has a bad record of non - successes: - Bad Greek financial minister - His stances on Ukraine conflict and Israel (why doesnt he just stop talking about these topics? It is out of his expertise!) He might ask local entrepreneurs what challenges they face in Greece / EU / Europe. But I guess this is too much work for leftie intellectual.
- jacooper 3y ago
  His stance on israel is perfect, its an apartheid occupation.
foogazi 3y ago
> Most of the EU competitors to Amazon are single-country, apparently. Weird - so regardless of the Union part of the EU, European companies have not expanded beyond their home countries?
- lazide 3y ago
  Language/cultural barriers are strong in Europe.

justinclift 3y ago

How accurate and trustworthy is the summarisation though?