Of course Europeans won’t ever ship a phone or OS —. By the time they have it ready for market and pass all of the EU’s rules, regulations, and pay all of the various taxes, fees — we’ll all be dead.
Honest question: why doesn’t the EU have their own FAANGs?
Why don’t some Europeans get together and make a phone and OS?
Of course Europeans won’t ever ship a phone or OS —.
why doesn’t the EU have their own FAANGs?
A more complicated factor is culture. While European business culture isn't aggressive enough to succeed in the current era, the flip-side is it does have a reputation for great design and high quality.
Also, they always buy any promising new European company (and many times even keep their original offices open in Europe).
If things in Europe are so bad, I wonder why?
As was Nokia, and it wasn't regulations that kept them back, it was a Canadian.
Because theCIA doesn't love hardware/OSs it can't control.
They can just choose not to sell here, freely.