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Trump Slams EU Over $5 Billion Fine on Google (reuters.com)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the European Union and said the bloc was taking advantage of the United States, pointing to the record $5 billion fine European antitrust regulators imposed on Google. From a report: European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House next Wednesday to discuss trade and other issues. "I told you so! The European Union just slapped a Five Billion Dollar fine on one of our great companies, Google. They truly have taken advantage of the U.S., but not for long!" Trump said in a post on Twitter .
Germany has 7 fighters in their air force that are currently working.
1 battalion in their army.
Russia could overtake them in an afternoon if NATO doesn't step in. NATO stepping in requires the US to step in.
Keep attempting to rip off US companies and prepare to defend yourself. Frankly, I'm getting tired of listening to the EU bash the US and then depend on the US to keep them "free". Here's hoping next time the US doesn't interfere with European wars.
Except, of course, that they didn't "force certain services and applications". They bundled a set of services and applications. Search, play store and chrome. It's completely consistent with the andriod licensing to ditch the google search and google play store and install the Kindle store instead. In fact, Amazon has shipped hundreds of thousands of such things.
Because EU is a joke... Germany, France a few other countries are worth considering as having some kind of influence or power, the other 20 or so are pretty much failed states.
if i operate in the usa and the eu comes at me saying i owe them some fine they decided to make up guess what i would tell them.
what part of google operates in the usa does everyone miss. tell the eu to take there fine and shove it. pull your os search and youtube from the eu and enjoy the shit show.
How can you have an original thought if you were raised by helicopter parents? You've been conditioned since birth not to think for yourself.
We'll make great pets
Move my servers out of the EU. Close EU offices. Raise finger.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Yes, Google is subject to EU law if they want to do business there but the EU can't rule that Google's incorporation be dismantled if they don't like how Google runs their business. EU can't levy any criminal charges against Google. Only the US government can do that because Google/Alphabet are incorporated in the US.,
We'll make great pets
Apparently, my crystal ball works just fine. I predicted someone would get triggered and voila it happened like clockwork. :P
We'll make great pets
When someone is running a rigged game, I either figure out how to use it for my advantage or I find another game.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
That's right he's your president.
Yeah and he's right. The EU has had a vendetta against American tech companies, going back to to Boeing.
Especially when you consider the "boogeyman" that the Democrats now attack, was dismissed by the same Democrats as "irrelevant" in the 2012 election. And that all these supposed attacks/hacks/collusion happened with 100% knowledge - and effectively explicit blessing (via commands to "stand down" and not attempt to stop) - of the Obama Administration.
Democrats ridiculed Romney over his concerns about Russia. And President Obama told the cyber chief to stand down with regards to Russian interference in the 2016 election. And now suddenly it's all bad Russia and it's all President Trump's fault?
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
This x100000 The EU is just really cash strapped. If google played hardball and geoblocked them I imagine the average EU citizen would not be impressed.