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Comment by palata

11 hours ago

They are not, but EU tech companies have to compete against US monopolies. And there are laws that prevent them from doing that.

https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition

This blog post starts off with a long-winded, meandering rant. Do you have something more succinct and less rant-y to back up your assertion of

> And there are laws that prevent them from doing that.

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  • This blog is written by Cory Doctorow. Whether you agree with it or not, I think it's worth going to the end :-).

    It's a long transcript, I would recommend watching/listening to the video.

    > And there are laws that prevent them from doing that.

    Better explained by Cory Doctorow, see link above.