[csdreamer7]

> What the EU gonna do then?

Seize or terminate their patents and copyrights. Issue arrest warrants for criminal evasion. Compulsory licensing of x86 to a European design firm immunized by EU law.

> Perform rapid continental ARM transition

Yes.

Windows is on ARM. Apple is on ARM. AWS and Ampere make decent ARM servers. You have decent x86 user-space compatibility on ARM laptops. That is all users want.

I doubt it will cost 'mythical amounts of money'. Most users use a web browser and an office suite. I doubt they will know a difference for a while.

[ctvo]

> Seize or terminate their patents and copyrights. Issue arrest warrants for criminal evasion. Compulsory licensing of x86 to a European design firm immunized by EU law.

My eyes rolled so far back I hurt myself.

Please provide some examples of where the EU has been able to do a fraction of what you listed to large, US based firms in the past.

Looking at the future, if you want a trade war and an excuse for the new US administration to completely neglect NATO obligations this is a great start.

[lmm]

> Please provide some examples of where the EU has been able to do a fraction of what you listed to large, US based firms in the past.

Provide an example of where a large firm decided to ignore EU law and go ahead with a merger that the EU objected to.

No-one wants the nuclear option, on either side. But if anyone ever tries to call the EU's bluff, they may find out the EU wasn't bluffing at all.