Microsoft has to be taking this seriously after loosing their antitrust case around the turn of the millennium. Hurt MSFT badly for years. Going to be interesting to see how the European Union vs U.S. big technology plays out. Get the popcorn ready.

The way the world currently is wanting more regulation is like wanting the incumbent politicians to do more gerrymandering. Remember you said the incumbent big companies lobbyists write the regulations?

Correct. A good reason to have less not more regulation, which is written by the big entrenched corporations lobbyists.

agree with you that competition is necessary and drives innovation. The unintended consequences and costs associated with regulatory compliance often helps the big guys maintain their position, though.

About out of fantasies for you to mock. If not AAPL who? The little guy could never afford to try. Personally believe the excessive heavy handed regulation out of Brussels is why thereâ(TM)s no mega cap tech companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia etc from Europe. Their loss

Understand the EU is a giant market for AAPL and many others. If AAPL fights back and pulls out of Europe, my bet is the people of Europe would demand the unelected regulatory bureaucrat bullies in Brussels change their position.

Agree. Apple and Google should exit Europe so the European people will realize Eurocrats are pushing the people. California tries to do this too. Theyâ(TM)ll come up with a new emissions mandate and being the largest state in the union the auto manufacturers will comply. Itâ(TM)s anti democratic for an authoritarian regulator in a jurisdiction to try pencil whip their rules on all of humanity.

European regulators are indirectly imposing their will on the entire world. Democracy?

Foreign ownership of a social media platform may be necessary to avoid state sponsored censorship. Dropping the iron curtain would be easy if all platforms are domestic.

Getting to a real human at meta isnâ(TM)t easy if itâ(TM)s even possible.