That's something I already mentioned in the discussion about the original post: There are some interesting facts and some valid generalizations about europe, es

That's something I already mentioned in the discussion about the original post: There are some interesting facts and some valid generalizations about europe, especially when you compare europe to america. The problem is not discussing these, but those are very very high level - even more high-level than generalizations about the USA. The problem is selling specifics as general truth which is what he does in large parts of his post. I'm not wearing leather trousers while posting this, despite being a mere 200 km from the Weisswurstäquator. Btw: The point about a larger market is an interesting notion, but don't forget that you might just as well sell to canadians, middle and south america and you'd have a larger, even more unified market. That's exactly where the european diversity matters: It's hard to sell to france as a german startup and they other way round. So to get around that you actually need to serve a fragmented market with different rules and regulations for each fragment. See for example how last.fm radio was available in selected countries only or spotify as well.