[pwlb]

That sounds like a view from last century. FAANG multinational, sovereign companys and they are interested in money and are not interested in losing their userbase. moreover a lot of these companys have offices in europe as well, so part of these solutions are developed in europe as well. having the HQ in one country is only one aspect of a company

[ChuckNorris89]

Of course that scenario would never happen, I was being overdramatic to prove a point, but do you think the US has no idea of how much leverage it has over Europe being so dependent on US tech? It's a new kind of soft power. Why do you think China blocked US tech giants from operating there and support it's local players instead.