Year: 2025
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What digital consumer services should Europe focus on first to break free from Big Tech?
There is no real European Big Tech, but there are smaller companies with decent solutions that have a lot of potential as alternatives to Big Tech. As European consumers, we need to start using them, so we can give them the chance to grow and become fully fledged alternatives to US and Chinese Big Tech. In…
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Why is there no European Big Tech?
There is no Big Tech in Europe due to fragmented markets, risk-averse finance, and complex regulation. This makes scaling up difficult compared to the US and China. To nurture European Big Tech, policymakers must act and consumers also need to actively choose and support European alternatives. This would finance European tech, incentivize innovation and competitive…
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Why is European tech important?
Europe is addicted to US Big Tech. At the same time, there are 2 compelling events happening: Big Tech is starting to meddle in politics and countries are isolating themselves. I argue in this article that European consumers should look for European solutions and some do exist. However, they are not yet easy to find.