Why there’s no European Google? par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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Europe hasn't produced tech giants like Google or Facebook, but has created fundamental infrastructure that powers the modern internet. The World Wide Web (HTTP/HTML), Linux, Git, Mastodon, VLC, and LibreOffice are all European inventions released as open source common goods rather than privatized for profit. European success is measured by long-term contribution to humanity rather than short-term wealth creation, with technologies designed to benefit everyone through copyleft licensing. This approach has produced lasting infrastructure that will outlive any individual company.

Why there’s no European Google?

The main problem for Europe is we heavily depends on big US cloud providers like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and, given the present geopolitical situation, this is a very uncomfortable place to be. So, not having European tech giants is nothing we should be happy about.

Thank you to our European friends across the pond for there innovations!

Because the CIA sunk those companies under the guise of them being “national securiity or economic threats” (i.e Gemplus)

Stronger antitrust laws in the EU too.