A big part of the problem might be that Google tries to do everything in house. Many companies use contractors or third-party software to reduce the risk in the

A big part of the problem might be that Google tries to do everything in house. Many companies use contractors or third-party software to reduce the risk in these areas. Most of the innovative work is also being done outside of Google. Cheaper, too. One of Google’s own AI researchers said as much. Imagine Google investing in a huge ecosystem of 3rd party tools that could solve their problems with the deal being OSS or shared-source deliverables they could use. That they’re independent puts most liability on them. For whatever is shared, Google could still support their managers, lawyers, etc in situations of mutual interest. If Google wasn’t so focused on control and ego, then they could take advantage of such strategies to receive all their benefits. Google is suffering strictly because of their operational choices that increase liability, not E.U. regulations. They could suffer for E.U. regulations in a future situation where they’re doing their best but E.U. bullied them anyway. We’re not there yet.