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1. andai+Vn1[view] [source] 2025-09-30 19:38:30
>>ANewbu+(OP)
WhatsApp, Telegram and everyone else should pull out of EU in protest of Chat Control. Then EU will be forced to make its own chat app, UX will be terrible, and citizens will finally feel enough pain to contact their representatives ;)
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2. mrtksn+oJ1[view] [source] 2025-09-30 21:35:47
>>andai+Vn1
> Then EU will be forced to make its own chat app, UX will be terrible,

Why? EU can just tell an LLM to build an alternative app, they can just tell it to make it user friendly and make no mistakes. That's the primary use case of Trillions of dollars of investment in GPUs and electricity to power them.

JK(or am I?), a protest will be a boon for EU, which is growing Anti-American each and every day. The EU alternatives don't exist not because Europeans can't code but because EU market is open to US companies and there's no reason for duplicate effort as winner takes it all thanks to network effects. EU capital just invests in USA based companies that operate in EU. It's much easier, lower taxes lower worker protection standards etc. Also, US has much more capital to burn to corner the markets, they also just go ahead and buy anything European i.e. Skype. and not risk competition.

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3. bapak+mN1[view] [source] 2025-09-30 22:04:05
>>mrtksn+oJ1
I hate this so bad. You know that the solution will be that EU will block US companies (who do not comply) so EU users will eventually get their own WhatsApp called MsgMeNow. The result is that nobody can talk to people outside their own jurisdiction.

This is effectively what we see in China. They only use WeChat, I was unable to register because it says I need someone to verify my account when I try to do it (this has been happening since 2018)

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4. MammaM+dU1[view] [source] 2025-09-30 22:50:58
>>bapak+mN1
No worries! Trump will call Den Von Deleten, whatever her name is -- and she will just do what she is told whatever is the thing she is told to do. Exactly like it already happened with EU buying $700B of natural gas. We paid just a bit over $100B to Russians for the same thing... but you know... Trump told, so here we go!
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5. martim+TW1[view] [source] 2025-09-30 23:07:22
>>MammaM+dU1
Any source for this comparison? Also did the EU buy it or said they will?
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