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Re:EU unveils package of laws to curb power of big tech firms by sime2009 on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @10:16AM (#37405507)
As long as there is money to be made in the EU market, US tech firms will continue to serve it.

Plenty of US and western companies operate to make a buck in far more restrictive markets around the world.

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Re:EU unveils package of laws to curb power of big tech firms by golemotron on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @10:21AM (#37405570)
At a certain point, cost of customization could become prohibitive.
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Re:EU unveils package of laws to curb power of big tech firms by sime2009 on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @10:39AM (#37405841)
Hobbyists develop and put out custom ROMs for phones and they have little to no financial backing or even expected future profits. I'm sure it will be profitable for US companies to modify their (base) products to comply with the EU market.

That "certain point" is so far away, it might as well not exist.

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Re:EU unveils package of laws to curb power of big tech firms by ivan_gammel on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @10:35AM (#37405763)
If the market will be left to EU companies, they will develop pretty big competitive advantages because of their focus on interoperability, localization and privacy, which may help them eventually to re-colonize America. The business just became more difficult, but the sharks are going to survive and eat the loosers.
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Re:EU unveils package of laws to curb power of big tech firms by hospitalJail on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @10:38AM (#37405811)
>they will develop pretty big competitive advantages because of their focus on interoperability, localization and privacy,

I watched Apple grow into a 1T dollar company doing the opposite of everything you said, while marketing everything you mentioned.

So... it might work.

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Re:EU unveils package of laws to curb power of big tech firms by curiousWaste on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @10:37AM (#37405798)
Keep dreaming
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Re:EU unveils package of laws to curb power of big tech firms by Gareth321 on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @10:49AM (#37405993)
It could, but we are a long way off from that. Apple pulls in close to $100B per year in Europe. It would be corporate suicide to give up the region.
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