[mrweasel]

If we're being a bit generous it's easier for the EU to make these rules, because it has very little impact on it's own companies. The majority of the large companies being impacted by these laws are US based.

Similarly you could argue that the companies are US based, simply because the US have pretty terrible privacy rules which makes it easy for them to get started with a fair amount of users/targets.

[JohnFen]

> you could argue that the companies are US based, simply because the US have pretty terrible privacy rules

I do argue this. The state of privacy rules in the US is abominable.