Re:Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box?
by johannes1234321 on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @08:02PM
(#19158766)
And if they succeed to much they can monopolize transportation and thus mobility. Not a power I want to have in a private company. Especially not in a company from outside my country's jurisdiction. Where I can't have an impact via democratic law making process.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box?
by thomaslangston on Thursday February 14, 2019 @04:44AM
(#19160753)
> Especially not in a company from outside my country's jurisdiction. Where I can't have an impact via democratic law making process.
This is false. EU governments have already placed significant restrictions and fines upon US tech companies in the past. There is no reason to believe that they won't be able to again.
Re:Why can’t a bot tick the 'I'm not a robot' box?
by yholio on Thursday February 14, 2019 @07:31AM
(#19161370)
Those fines are the perfect representation of the lack of control EU has over US tech giants. They are essentially opaque and impossible to inflence through normal regulatory and political channels so the only options are the big guns. You can be sure Google is not going to heavily invest in the EU tech sector under such adversarial set-up. There's a subtle blackmail here: we push the envelope as far as it goes and the EU can choose to submit or risk technological backwardness.
It's a great situation for the US economy but a very bad strategical position for Europe.