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Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie... by danieldk on Sunday February 23, 2025 @11:37AM (#43150637)
The used to exist (e.g. Hyves, StudiVZ), but they are murdered by FAANG. However, there are still locally successful companies that could expand to the rest of Europe if US companies were dropped. E.g. just speaking of The Netherlands, Bol.com is much more popular than Amazon, Marktplaats is more popular than eBay (which is pretty much non-existent here) and owned by a Nordic company, etc., iDEAL is much more popular for payments than PayPal, Stripe, etc. (and works far better). Such companies can fill the void.

Microsoft will be tough to replace. There are good alternatives, but retraining personnel, etc. will take years. Google, I am not sure. Their cloud services are replaceable. Search may be tougher, but the quality of Google Search has become so bad that it's often easier to ask an LLM.

Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie... by selimthegrim on Sunday February 23, 2025 @11:44AM (#43150727)
Tuenti?
Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie... by Xenoamorphous on Sunday February 23, 2025 @12:21PM (#43151105)
Tuenti was huge in Spain.
Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie... by mettamage on Sunday February 23, 2025 @01:29PM (#43151717)
Is Marktplaats not bought out by eBay?

See also: https://mergr.com/transaction/ebay-acquires-marktplaats-bv

Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie... by danieldk on Sunday February 23, 2025 @03:04PM (#43152696)
eBay sold Marktplaats in 2015: https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marktplaats.nl
Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie... by Lennie on Sunday February 23, 2025 @02:20PM (#43152239)
Takeaway (thuisbezorgd) and Zalando are some pretty large players in the EU markets. Spotify of course.
Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie... by 28304283409234 on Monday February 24, 2025 @07:17AM (#43158680)
Booking.com. Adyen. ASML. Messagebird. TomTom. To name a few from a tiny speck of land in Europe. It's not like we lack capabilities.