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Re:Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU's roll-bac... by blell on Monday January 19, 2026 @09:25AM (#46679301)
There must be thousands of soda manufacturers in Europe. I can buy dozens of sodas where I live. But they are not Coca Cola.
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Re:Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU's roll-bac... by anilgulecha on Monday January 19, 2026 @09:36AM (#46679436)
From a recent hn discussion there's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDkH3EbWTYc
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Re:Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU's roll-bac... by immibis on Monday January 19, 2026 @11:40AM (#46681050)
They are bottled at the same places that bottle Coca-Cola. If those places stop paying for their Coca-Cola brand license because nobody is buying it... then okay? so what?

Or, now that someone's reverse-engineered the Coca-Cola formula and everyone's saying we need to stop pandering to USA IP rights, governments have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever. I think Russia already did.

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