Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its footing?

Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday June 12, 2021 @03:38AM (#27482449)

The EU doesn't build Googles or Amazons, because those companies are inherently unhealthy monopolies. But it has built numerous tech successes, including Nokia, Spotify, Wise, Airbus, and others.

In reality the EU has curbed the imperial pretensions of aggressive US corporates numerous times - including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, and (soon) Facebook.

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by 238475235243 on Saturday June 12, 2021 @05:11PM (#27487461)

Nokia blew up. Spotify was funded by the Danish government. Wise I've never heard of and Airbus is a pan-EU jobs program sponsored primarily by the UK, French and German governments to make sure there's jobs for random people to make wings in Wales or welding in Toulouse or whatever.

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by midasuni on Saturday June 12, 2021 @05:55AM (#27483177)

5 of the 6 most valuable companies on the planet by market cap. Not doing a great job at curbing them.

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by refurb on Saturday June 12, 2021 @06:37AM (#27483427)

“Because those companies are inherently unhealthy monopolies.”

Yeah, I’m not a billionaire because that much money brings problems. I choose not to be one...but I definitely could be.

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