[indigochill]

> The beauty of the EU is that corporate financial influence is far less pervasive than even in the governments of member nations.

For how long, I wonder, given the megacorps have financial resources on par with entire nations, and the EU has been taking some pretty strong stances on topics of interest to them? Or will the megacorps at some point just decide Europe's no longer worth the trouble to operate in (probably not the worst outcome)?

[pmontra]

Considering how they bend to the local rules around the world, they will bend to this too. I remember only Google shutting down news in Spain and leaving China because of censorship. Apple looks at the money. There are too many money in Europe. They'll put on some sort of a fight but eventually we're going to have third party software on iOS that Apple doesn't approve.

[lioeters]

Off-topic: FYI, the phrase should be "too much money", because money is an uncountable noun (you cannot say "a money", but can say "some money").

[pmontra]

Thanks. I'm not a native English speaker but reading again my comment those words have a funny feeling. Your explanation points out why. So "There is too much money" (almost 10 M exact matches on Google.)

[visarga]

You're of course right but "too many money" sounds cute, too.

[mcphage]

> Or will the megacorps at some point just decide Europe's no longer worth the trouble to operate in

Companies will put up with almost anything if there’s money to be made there.