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By allowing these companies to be one step ahead of any EU action.

by alan_cx 13y ago

bananacurve 13y ago
Of course their is no way that Europe's tech failings are because of their foolish regulatory nonsense, it has to be that America's cheating. That is a great way to ensure irrelevance.
- vidarh 13y ago
  That's a rather funny comment to make in response to speculation (that I do think sound a bit far fetched) that the NSA has used its influence to reduce the amount of EU anti-trust action, supported by pointing out how easy near-monopolist US companies have had it in Europe.
  - bananacurve 13y ago
    So you think America made the EU have foolish regulation?
    - jbooth 13y ago
      Not everything is about your libertarian hobby horse. California and NYC are 2 of the "least economically free" areas of the US. Shouldn't they be getting outcompeted by Idaho or something? Or maybe the world exists on more than one axis.
      - bananacurve 13y ago
        NY and CA may be the least free but they are a dream compared to europe.
      - Shivetya 13y ago
        Well there, you've hit the nail on the head. The companies come about where people, innovators, and entrepreneurs, want to live and do business. Taking your comment to the next step implies that European countries do not hold all these qualities or not in sufficient amount. Yet I do read about technology, financial, and energy concerns, in Europe. Hell many energy concerns there own their US counterparts. It all comes down to perception, the other guy is not the right
  - DannyBee 13y ago
    "how easy near-monopolist US companies have had it in Europe" This is honestly the funniest thing i have heard. Europe is usually literally fighting over who gets to open and push investigations to regulate these companies first. That is often the main holdup. They sit in rooms drawing straws to see who gets to reap the political benefit of being anti-US. How easy indeed
DannyBee 13y ago
How, exactly? I'm trying to understand what is being claimed is happening here. (Full disclosure: I've been directly involved in the antitrust efforts of at least one of these companies)

By allowing these companies to be one step ahead of any EU action.

by alan_cx 13y ago

By allowing these companies to be one step ahead of any EU action.

Of course their is no way that Europe's tech failings are because of their foolish regulatory nonsense, it has to be that America's cheating. That is a great way to ensure irrelevance.

vidarh 13y ago
That's a rather funny comment to make in response to speculation (that I do think sound a bit far fetched) that the NSA has used its influence to reduce the amount of EU anti-trust action, supported by pointing out how easy near-monopolist US companies have had it in Europe.
- bananacurve 13y ago
  So you think America made the EU have foolish regulation?
  - jbooth 13y ago
    Not everything is about your libertarian hobby horse. California and NYC are 2 of the "least economically free" areas of the US. Shouldn't they be getting outcompeted by Idaho or something? Or maybe the world exists on more than one axis.
    - bananacurve 13y ago
      NY and CA may be the least free but they are a dream compared to europe.
    - Shivetya 13y ago
      Well there, you've hit the nail on the head. The companies come about where people, innovators, and entrepreneurs, want to live and do business. Taking your comment to the next step implies that European countries do not hold all these qualities or not in sufficient amount. Yet I do read about technology, financial, and energy concerns, in Europe. Hell many energy concerns there own their US counterparts. It all comes down to perception, the other guy is not the right
- DannyBee 13y ago
  "how easy near-monopolist US companies have had it in Europe" This is honestly the funniest thing i have heard. Europe is usually literally fighting over who gets to open and push investigations to regulate these companies first. That is often the main holdup. They sit in rooms drawing straws to see who gets to reap the political benefit of being anti-US. How easy indeed

DannyBee 13y ago

How, exactly? I'm trying to understand what is being claimed is happening here. (Full disclosure: I've been directly involved in the antitrust efforts of at least one of these companies)