Keeping up how? let's go back 15 years ago: All the top GPUs were American, all the top CPUs were American, all the top SW companies were American, all the successful mobile platforms were American(Nokia was dying), all the top social media platforms were American, all the top PC manufacturers were American(and Chinese), all top semiconductor makers were American(and Asian), all the top financial institutions and VC funds were American(coincidence that money correlates with top tech?). etc
Where was Europe keeping up exactly? Oh yea, we had one Swedish music service whoopdie-doo.
>So the problem can't be one of the reasons you listed
Really? You don't think having the word's reserve money printer that fuels the stronger VC sector in the world that's absent in the EU, doesn't count? Or that Europe has 26 different markets with 26 deferent legal systems and languages and consumer spending habits? You think all those didn't matter when scaling up a start-up across the continent? You really are clueless.
> What changed lately was the onerous amount of regulation being added and a strong left turn in economic policy. Together they brought the unfolding disaster we are witnessing today.
Please tell me exactly which specific EU regulations of the past 15 years are preventing you from scaling a successful EU start-up? Is it the regulations like you say, or is it the lack of VC funding like I said?
>Because they aren't selling you a device. They are selling you access to their platform.
Where? If I go in the shops, I see iPhones for sale, not subscription to the iPhone service.