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0 pointsinflux3y ago0 comments

Respectfully, Americans can have this take because we created an environment where these companies could flourish. There is no European messaging standard for us to regulate because no European business could get to that point at all.

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dijit3y ago

Respectfully, its mostly because anything that is successful in Europe is immediately purchased by the big US tech giants.

Mojang and Skype come to mind. As well as three of my former companies that are now owned by Oracle.

The EU market is definitely harder, it is not as contiguous and large as the US one, even the smallest required task: localisation, is hugely expensive.

So you can hit a critical scale faster in the US, sure, but any time anyone actually conquers Europe all that awaits them is acquisition.

bilekas3y ago

> Respectfully, Americans can have this take because we created an environment where these companies could flourish

Flourish is a generous term.. There are countless examples of companies in all industries who will take full advantage of no regulations in the pursuit of profits solely.

And only when it's too late and they have caused so much chaos for people will they lobby for their own "symbolic" regulations.

There is a happy medium in there somewhere, but the US model is not it.

krzyk3y ago

Signal, Telegram, oh and you know - SMS. Also - GSM.

h1fra3y ago

USA is a country with one language, one economy and 330 millions people. When you create a company there you automatically unlock a bigger market than EU, the comparison is not fair.

Also, anecdotally, SMS was invented in europe so no need to regulate something already open and european.

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