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by nw05678 602 days ago
EU is seen as anti-competitive, but the reality is that it's Pro-Consumer...

...maybe too pro-consumer. Also the lack of a Google or Facebook etc is more of a result of it being harder to gain a critical mass of users. A social media company started in Poland would struggle to deal with the cultural and language differences with Holland. A more homogenous society such as the US doesn't have that issue.