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Re:I am done. I give up by uffndnjfncnc on Friday December 23, 2022 @08:04AM (#34105329)
The EU is a large market too but startup founders aren't going there.
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Re:I am done. I give up by johannes1234321 on Friday December 23, 2022 @08:11AM (#34105380)
EU has a market on legislative base, however in language, culture, ... it is split. It is very hard to build a company serving larger parts of Europe.
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Re:I am done. I give up by uffndnjfncnc on Friday December 23, 2022 @08:16AM (#34105425)
Many American companies have done it. Instagram is very popular across the EU.
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Re:I am done. I give up by johannes1234321 on Friday December 23, 2022 @08:26AM (#34105513)
They started with an American focus, holding doors open for others and once things were running expanded more actively. Also they were acquired after 1.5 years when not even having a Android app, which is more spread in Europe than US compared to iphone
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