Ancestors

Written by John Gruber on 2025-01-14 at 14:28

The EU sacked its crusading grandstanding duo of Margrethe Vestager and Thierry Breton before the U.S. election, so it’s not entirely or even mostly about Trump. They’re just coming to their senses that a radical DMA interpretation isn’t going to change these companies, it would just turn the EU into more of a technological backwater than it already is.

https://www.techmeme.com/250114/p1#a250114p1

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Written by Fabien on 2025-01-14 at 14:34

@gruber Be careful in such broad brush judgment.

You seem to have no idea how behind the US is in so many tech way.

For example I fell off my chair when I heard you say you had to physically go into a bank branch to deposit a check to pay yourself in one of your podcast episodes.

(BTW, I love your work, have for decades, but you just don't understand the EU version of capitalism).

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Written by John Gruber on 2025-01-14 at 16:16

@fabienmarry The technological backwater of which I speak is that driven by for-profit companies in leading edge fields. The Draghi report describes it in plain terms:

https://archive.ph/20240910110210/https://www.businessinsider.com/europe-innovation-mario-draghi-rival-us-china-tech-superpower-2024-9

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Written by dmitriid on 2025-01-14 at 17:37

@gruber @fabienmarry

"Glaring weak spot in the US is what people's livelihoods quite frankly depend on, but who cares about that, as long profit-driven supranational corporations are on the edge of technology for some narrow definitions of edge and technology".

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Written by Phil_Vienna on 2025-01-16 at 20:42

@gruber @fabienmarry Maybe the whole europe is so technologically behind narrative is based on a narrowed focus on monopolies that even for national competitors are hard to tackle - as you yourself @gruber concluded in the talkshow. eg your own take on microsofts billion dollar attack on google search or others failed push on meta > ping, circles .. rings a bell? I interviewed a bunch of scientists lately europe is well on track - AI, mobility - not stoneage cars btw., privacy research etc

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