> No utility you say? i’d argue all of this is relevant to consumers and/or businesses in europe:
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> • Microsoft windows
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> • microsoft office (excel, etc)
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> • google search
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> • google maps
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> • gmail and yahoo mail
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> • smartphones
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> • space-x (affordable satellite launches - for accurate weather forecasts and GPS)
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> • OpenAI (pioneering LLM’s from a product perspective)
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> • Visa and Mastercard networks
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> • AWS / Azure / GCP
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> • Adobe (photoshop, etc)
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> • Zoom / Webex (Skype is an exception, created in europe)
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> • Salesforce
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> • DocuSign
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> • AutoCAD
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> I can list more if you’d like…this was literally off the top of my head. All of these businesses and products were created in the united states, some with VC funding. They employ hundreds or thousands of engineers, product managers, etc. They provide critical business capabilities to businesses around the world. Some are user facing as well.
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> As far as critical business software Europe has created Skype, SAP, and i think that’s it? From the hardware side, major kudos for ASML and Airbus.
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> The stuff you read about in the news is focused on bad actors and toxic social media junk. thats a small piece of big tech.
Honestly, this comment inadvertently proves the need to quarantine US tech. Almost every product you listed is utter garbage, especially Windows.
There's nothing inherently better about Windows than Linux. Libre Office suit can become much better than MS Office if ot got enough suppoet - support that just goes away to M$ contracts.
Google search has become utter garbage.
Hetzner exists, and more Cloud companies would exist if it weren't for America's Big Tech having a competitive advantage due to their sheer size.
Adobe is a shit company with shit behavior. I'd welcome its implosion anytime. Again, if the billions siphoned away for their licenses was spent on FOSS alternatives, we'd end up with such healthier ecosystem.
Visa and Mastercard are leas innovation and more completely regulated duopoly at this point.
Also, with the exception of SpaceX, I'd gladly welcome the complete implosion of all companies you mentioned. I'd love to watch them burn to cinders, while the world finally breathes free.