Comment by neya

4 days ago

> The company sounds like a bunch of hot air to me.

When they make being from Europe their whole personality, that shows how little value there is to the actual value proposition.

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ande-mnoc  4 days ago

I instinctively distrust any company that makes their national origin the main selling point. To me that's a subtle signal that they cannot compete on technical merit.

  • neya  4 days ago

    This is a universal problem, interesting enough especially you'll notice that in the automotive sectors a lot. Crappy local automakers pull the nationality card because they can't compete on real engineering.

  • Neywiny  3 days ago

    Same with "the original." If their only claim for why I should choose them is they got there first, maybe they should've spent that head start on being better. That said, in some industries it's advantageous to work domestic even if the product is worse. Just a risk vs reward thing

  • victorbjorklund  3 days ago

    Lots of American companies make a thing that they are American vs Chinese companies.

    • verzali  3 days ago

      There's been a whole thing recently with companies boasting about ensuring American supremacy. I assume its a play for Pentagon dollars, but it is the same kind of thing really.

  • antoineMoPa  4 days ago

    I mean, yes, but some governments may be tied to using European alternatives by regulations and some individuals may prefer not relying on US / China models for various reasons (could be political / personal preferences).

  • scrollaway  3 days ago

    Or, it's a signal that you're not giving your data/money to an untrusted ally.

    Do you even understand just how much Europe distrusts the US with its current administration at this point? Nobody wants to deal with US companies if they can.

veeti  3 days ago

It's the perfect analogy, they are just the European middleman repackaging the AI model from Temu.

icepush  4 days ago

On the flipside imagine if Europe could be a genuinely competitive continent again. I don’t expect it to happen in my lifetime - but if it could, the benefits to the consumer would be enormous.