US threatens EU digital services market access

Post by zrn900 » Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 2:18 PM UTC

stakhanov wrote: post #16

The E.U. making life difficult for U.S.-based monopolists, and the U.S. making life difficult for E.U.-based monopolists? For a net effect of life being difficult for all monopolists? Well, that sounds like a wonderful idea! I am all for it. Through this model, we might actually enjoy effective antitrust enforcement, and escape regulatory capture! Who would have thought that this day would ever come? Once again, it t…

> The E.U. making life difficult for U.S.-based monopolists, and the U.S. making life difficult for E.U.-based monopolists? For a net effect of life being difficult for all monopolists?

Its not only for monopolists. The first victims of regulatory moat-building are always small businesses and individuals.They cant pay the fines.

Post by port11 » Fri, Dec 19, 2025, 5:38 PM UTC

bootsmann wrote: post #121

port11 wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A major thing that holds us back and will continue to do so in B2B (coming from someone whose last startup failed): differences in language/customs/needs linked to the multitude of cultures in the region. We hired someone that could sell in Italian, French, and Spanish. Her profile is fairly rare, given she had a good understanding of the customer. I can't believe our CEO let her go simply because of a 4-days at the…

Yeah the standard advice for European startups is to sell in the US first and worry about the local markets later, language and culture barriers are still huge.

It wouldn't work for us, plenty of entrenched competitors. In the EU? Zero direct competition. We focused on France and expanded later, France is a good enough market for some stuff. Can't imagine trying to compete in the US!

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