Re:EU Pushes Ahead with Big Tech Antitrust Enforcement
by nonethewiser on Friday March 21, 2025 @11:08PM
(#43442999)
Ad spots dont need to come from local companies.
And if they are collecting data against EU regulations how do they stop them? They already aren’t complying with the joint venture in this hypothetical. They dont pay the fine. Then you have to ban them.
Thats the dynamic in China. You have a domestic company that owns the operations and is fully regulated bu the host country. And you have to ban anyone that doesn’t cooperate with that model.
Re:EU Pushes Ahead with Big Tech Antitrust Enforcement
by blackqueeriroh on Saturday March 22, 2025 @03:00AM
(#43444078)
Technology transfer agreements are legalized theft.
Re:EU Pushes Ahead with Big Tech Antitrust Enforcement
by vkou on Saturday March 22, 2025 @03:03AM
(#43444095)
If you don't like the rules, you're free to not do business in a sovereign's jurisdiction.
Re:EU Pushes Ahead with Big Tech Antitrust Enforcement
by nonethewiser on Monday March 24, 2025 @12:00PM
(#43462530)
Yes. And then this comes back to the original question: how do you prevent EU users from access their services?
Given America's hostile stance to its former allies, joint ownership and technology transfer agreements as a condition for its firms operating in the EU market sounds more than reasonable. If US firms aren't happy with this, they can always lobby to impose similar restrictions on foreign big tech firms operating in the US...
If there were any.
The problem with flipping the table and starting a trade war is everyone loses... And the correct response to someone starting lose-lose games is tit-for-tat. Maybe big tech firms will think twice before throwing their support for an anti-trade candidate. (They absolutely could have used their position in media to stop this insanity, if they wanted to, but now we all have to lie in the bed they've made.)