As for anti-trust issues, you clearly don't understand them.
We will see in 100 years if regulation was the right move or not.
As for education - I doubt all public education in the EU is equivalent, or tutoring is banned, or additional resources, etc.
Are you able to cite any examples of 'missing the boat'?
- semiconductor manufacturing
- Internet and social media, streaming services, etc.
- Cryptocurrencies
- Smartphones and related app stores
- Electric cars
- Self-driving cars
- AI
It certainly feels like all the technological innovation happens in the US, and sometimes in China, but never in Europe.
The very WWW originated at CERN in Europe.
> Cryptocurrencies
For all we know Satoshi could've been an European. Same goes for Nicolas van Saberhagen. Vitalik is neither European nor from the US. I'm not an expert, but most of the US cryptocurrency startups I see are cheap pyramid schemes, and no real innovation anymore.
> AI
DeepMind was a British company. It had several successes, and was acquired by Google later, which raises a question what does it mean "innovation happens in the US". In this case innovation happens in UK, but it's owned by a American company.
There's certainly a lot more, but (similarly to you) I don't keep track of nationality of every company I interact with. And the question is pretty fuzzy in case of very international companies.
ARM originated at a European company (Acorn/Olivetti).
Bluetooth originated at a European Company (Ericsson)
Psion, Nokia, and Ericsson invented what would be considered the basics of the Smartphone (via Symbian, Series 60 etc)
Spotify is a Swedish company.
Nokia and Ericsson produce a good amount of the telecoms infrastructure equipment.
While Europe certainly hasn't had a start-up culture on par with the US it hasn't been a complete slouch either.
Apple didn't come along until much later.
Last I've checked UK was firmly in Europe. I assume you meant something different, because literal interpretation makes no sense to me. Can you clarify?
Perhaps. But for completely different reasons, certainly not regulation. And furthermore, while this _may_ hurt the EU in the long-run, they are still very good at the kind of industries that employ a large number of people across all skillsets.
> We will see in 100 years if regulation was the right move or not.
No need to wait, we can see this right now. The internet and app economy is completely enshittified. Only regulation can fix this, the market had 20 years and it only got worse.