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by selfhoster11 1707 days ago
Easy to say, harder to execute. Network effects keep American companies as the main way people communicate, whether it's WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook (or Facebook Messenger), or something else.
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why can Russia and China do it, but EU cannot?

Seems strange. EU is capable in everything but silly chat apps and more complex, search engines?

Russia and China have nation-wide firewalls. I know that at minimum, China blocks most or all of Western social media sites. I don't want to live in a bloc of countries that blocks parts of the web "for my protection".