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I think it already did. I am an avid reader of Show HNs. And I remember many that became successful businesses. But not a single European one. All the "startu
by TekMol 2y ago
I think it already did.
I am an avid reader of Show HNs. And I remember many that became successful businesses. But not a single European one.
All the "startups" that I see here in Europe are very classical businesses. They build software tools for local enterprises.
It seems nobody in Europe is building something for the open web. Maybe because nobody here understands all the regulations that come with it. The GDPR alone is 100 pages of legal mumbo jumbo.
- jasonvorhe 2y agoThat's probably not a regulation issue that's mostly hitting US big tech, though. European schools and universities tend to drill people towards employment and not to take too many risks so starting companies isn't as widespread and considered too bureaucratic. Then there's the issue of multiple currencies and not every checkout SaaS supporting all of them and their various options of payment (afaik), which limits reach. That's a problem the US, India, China and Russia don't have.
- dang 2y agoI've noticed that European Show HNs tend to be open-source projects rather than startups. Not interpreting, just noticing.
- jinushaun 2y agoI wish there was more to the US tech industry than social networks and ads.
- sensanaty 2y agoMost show HNs are just some shitty wrapper around OpenAI APIs these days, from what I've noticed. "Searching for papers with AI!" Doesn't exactly sound like the next Google to me, but maybe I'm just out of touch.
- alephnerd 2y ago"Why use Dropbox when I can use rsync or FTP" [0] - HN in 2007 [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863