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You house hold AI is your friend:

So in summary, in 2021: - Number of Nintendos sold in EU: Over 7.1 million game consoles were sold total, and Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console. - Number of iPhones sold in EU: Around 56 million iPhones.

Another commenter mentioned in another discussion something that is very much applicable here:

    I'm under impression that Americans freak out because they tend to go full technical on laws, that is, they don't care much what the governments are trying to achieve with the laws but work within the limits of strict technicality. So a lot of Americans were freaking out here on HN when GDPR was introduced, some shutting down personal projects because were afraid to get in trouble with the EU laws and find themselves in huge and expensive lawsuits.

So Americans freak out because they believe in rule of law?

That is not what the quote says, so no.

Yeah the quote says Americans freak out because they interpret the law as written. Implicitly, the Europeans defer interpretation to various bureaucrats leading to absurd situations where, eg, member states are retroactively punished for facilitating tax schemes that were allowed by the laws on the books at the time. You might argue that’s a better system with better outcomes, but it’s not rule of law.

I don't know what or who you are debating?

This was merely a commentary on why it might be that we haven't seen any reactions to Nintendo's way of doing business but do see actions on Apple.

The truth is that we might very well see actions towards Nintendo when the dust has settled.

And don't tell me that the US doesn't try laws on some cases in order to copy/paste results to similar cases.

That said, yes. The EU is first and foremost not a country. It is a union that spans several countries with different legal frameworks and traditions. So of cause writing and interpreting laws is different. That should not be too difficult to understand.

"That should not be too difficult to understand."

Also not difficult to understand Brexit.

> Also not difficult to understand Brexit.

Please enlighten me. My own perception is that most brits do regret leaving the EU, which data supports:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/987347/brexit-opinion-po...

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