That's not how it works in Europe, and for good reasons, too.
Not to mention Big Tech got its start in the USA before the EU existed.
What do you get in return from having “successful” big tech companies in your country?
Regulations should be there for safety related issues, not company's designs and own policies.
I also don’t think regulations like these cripple innovation. They make it harder to compete against more unregulated markets, that’s for sure, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing overall.
Stuff like quality of life, workers rights, shared values are a bit more important, and that requires the ability to basically tell a company "Who the hell do you think you are?".
… which is funny because the entire corporate world runs on SAP. Including all of big tech.
> The company is the largest non-American software company by revenue and the world's third-largest publicly traded software company by revenue.