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Re:Apple: Chinese firm to operate China iCloud accounts by kome on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @12:34PM (#16116965)
> hence the transaction barriers to consuming global services are easier.

It's just a political choice. It's not a fact of life. Better regulation and better taxation of capitals would "firewall" Europe as well.

As I said below, language has never been an issue. Nobody is using google because is in English. Google is well translated everywhere.

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Re:Apple: Chinese firm to operate China iCloud accounts by cromwellian on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @01:20PM (#16117403)
The regulation and taxes are more likely to disadvantage smaller players.

Europe’s problem with tech investment isn’t because of existing big tech players.

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