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> when companies start deciding that access to a shrinking European market just isn't worth the cost and hassle.

Aka never. First off because they would get shredded by their investors, and second because the competitors emerging in that void would end up being threats in the future.

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If you think that something comparable to a modern phone operating system and hardware will “just spring up” you’re delusional. If somebody was capable of producing more powerful phones than the iPhone, they’d be doing it already.

Just look at what happened in China for an example of what a protected market will do.

The China whose economy has been imploding over the last year? good luck to Europe if they want to emulate the Chicoms.*eyeroll emoji*

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