IRIS²: The EU’s Response to Musk’s Starlink

Re:IRIS²: The EU’s Response to Musk’s Starlink by sofixa on Sunday February 19, 2023 @05:53AM (#34856421)

> Do you realize that even here on HN, the percentage of people who know at least one of those names is likely to be in low single digits?

And that's fine because those companies are serving the French market first? I don't expect French people to know about Zelle or Konbini payments.

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Re:IRIS²: The EU’s Response to Musk’s Starlink by inglor_cz on Sunday February 19, 2023 @05:59AM (#34856467)

Depends on what you mean by "fine".

It is certainly not bad, but it makes no sense to pretend that they play in the same league as the global giants, or even just one level under them.

At this level of significance, countries like Thailand or Turkey can play, too. I would expect more from France, one of the heavyweights of the Western civilization and a cradle of Enlightement.

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Re:IRIS²: The EU’s Response to Musk’s Starlink by haneefmubarak on Sunday February 19, 2023 @12:27PM (#34859685)

Zelle and Konbini are both also tiny dwarfs, that aren't really good examples of at-scale success, esp with anything that has any adjacency to tech.

I say this as an avid Zelle user.

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