[johannes1234321]

EU has a market on legislative base, however in language, culture, ... it is split. It is very hard to build a company serving larger parts of Europe.

[uffndnjfncnc]

Many American companies have done it. Instagram is very popular across the EU.

[johannes1234321]

They started with an American focus, holding doors open for others and once things were running expanded more actively. Also they were acquired after 1.5 years when not even having a Android app, which is more spread in Europe than US compared to iphone