Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key engineers; NP, says court [pdf]

Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by tonyedgecombe on Monday October 05, 2020 @02:12AM (#24685022)

I expect you will see barriers come up over time that make it more difficult for American tech companies in Europe. It makes no sense for the EU to outsource such a valuable part of the economy.

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Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by boc on Monday October 05, 2020 @02:38AM (#24685139)

Again, protectionism is a dangerous road. If the EU blocked American tech companies, the US would retaliate in kind. While it's possible that Europe could eventually become self-sustaining if given a friendly environment to grow indigenous tech companies, losing access to every major OS overnight (as just a small example of the potential retaliation) would be a pretty devastating experience for Europe. You can't replace Microsoft, Apple, and Google overnight.

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Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by tonyedgecombe on Monday October 05, 2020 @03:58AM (#24685551)

It already exists, there are tariffs for American vehicles entering Europe and the US for instance.

>losing access to every major OS overnight

That wouldn't really be in America's interest would it?

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Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by emteycz on Monday October 05, 2020 @08:38AM (#24687158)

I don't think we would lose access to the Finnish operating system Linux, also

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Re:Strapped startup declines acquihire, Apple poaches key en... by sgerenser on Monday October 05, 2020 @08:14PM (#24693555)

I’m assuming this is a joke but Linus Torvalds is a US citizen, and the Linux Foundation is based in the US.

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