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>>bwb+(OP)
Americans fail to appreciate a few things about our economy

1. We have a large homgoneous market where you can build a product and it’s expected it can succeed for hundreds of millions of Americans

2. EU is the easiest second market, and another step change of hundreds of millions of customers in a somewhat unified market

3. there’s not an easy 3rd economy that replaces EUs wealth, population, and comfort with English + technology

When we piss everyone off in the EU tech company growth gets kneecapped and limited to US / Canada. Theres not an easy market to expand to without much deeper focus on that specific market and its needs, for much fewer returns.

>>softwa+Fk
>2. EU is the easiest second market, and another step change of hundreds of millions of customers in a somewhat unified market

I was making hardware at one point, and it took less than a day to decide that Europe was not getting our product.

The regulations were insane.

I imagine software is significantly easier, but there is a mountain of difference when it comes to electrical and plumbing.

>>PlatoI+eF
We are still making hardware and feel the same way about the US market. The litigation is insane. Meanwhile the Chinese don't give a damn about any of those.