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Perhaps in the short term, but regulating Big Tech to the ground is not really in the EU's long term interest. I suspect it will actually setback its own tech industry relative to global players for the meagre benefit of temporarily slowing down Big Tech in the EU market.

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That's not how international trade works. You can regulate your competitors differently.

Ok, but it doesn't look like they are. These are broad EU digital market rules. Blatant protectionism isn't popular in developed countries (except in certain industries, not this one at least).

>Blatant protectionism isn't popular in developed countries

Depends which developed countries and which industries. It is much more common than what it appears on the surface.

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