They've certainly blocked their share of telecommunication, retail, and airline industry merges — but after allowing the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, I wonder if its all bark and no bite.
One day, a large company will be bold enough to exit the EU and reset the power balance.
To me, it seems like the EU has created so many regulations that their startups/tech companies can't compete with the US tech companies. So rather than remove regulations blocking innovation and investment, they want to regulate US companies to even the playing field.
I hope it's Google. Or Meta. Or Apple.
Fuck it, I'll take those 3 leaving together. Move it!
It would be the stone age.
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Compare that to China for a moment, what large company does NOT do business in China, despite them doing a whole lot more than USB-C mandates?