feat(blog): yey eu

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-** TODO Yey EU
+** DONE Yey EU
+CLOSED: [2024-06-26 Wed 22:10]
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-I may have been a Randian, but I grew out of it.
+I may have been a Randroid in the past, but I grew out of it.
 No amount of Galts can stop us from huge monopolies.
-In the past US govt was capable of putting AT&T in its place, and giving the world [[https://michal.sapka.me/unix-history/02_unix/][Unix]] as a result.
+In the past, US govt was capable of putting AT&T in its place, and giving the world [[https://michal.sapka.me/unix-history/02_unix/][Unix]] as a result.
 Now?
 Not so much.
 Too much lovemaking between big business and the regulators makes it impossible for any /meaningful/ actions to be taken.
 
-Luckily, European Union is picking up the slack.
+Luckily, the European Union is picking up the slack.
 Apple is on trial for App Store policies and Microsoft for bundling Teams with office.
 At least for now.
 
-For me this doesn't go anywhere near, as I don't think allow Apple to even /compete/ with 3rd party developers is a level playing field.
-You should run the market you are competing on.
+For me, this doesn't go anywhere near where it should, as I don't think allowing Apple to even /compete/ with 3rd party developers is a level playing field.
+You should not run the market you are competing on.
+This could lead to one party getting all the sales data and copying the competition offering.
+Oh wait, Apple and Amazon are already doing it. 
 
 But just as me and most folks around see those moves of EU as an absolute win, many Americans see it differently.
-Some of them see it as attack on America, since Europe doesn't have big players.
+Some of them see it as an attack on America, since Europe doesn't have big players.
 Yes, most of the companies named Gatekeepers are American players.
-Nowhere else the market is corrupt enough for such behemoths to emerge.
+Nowhere else, the market is corrupt enough for such behemoths to emerge.
 
 But I also see a cultural clash.
 US and Europe use different law approaches.
-While Americans expect a clearly defined borders of accepted behavior (letter of the law), we in EU expect a more general ruling allowing the regulators to act in changing market (spirit of the law).
+While Americans expect a clearly defined borders of accepted behavior (letter of the law), we in EU expect a more general ruling allowing the regulators to act in the changing market (spirit of the law).
 And that's where the dog is buried: US makes it easier for companies to proceed, EU puts citizens up front.
 It's much easier to bypass the legal limitations if there's a bullet point list.
 But companies are not humans, they /should never have it easier than your typical Joe/.
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 I'd love to see FAANG broken up into smaller companies, just like we've seen with Microsoft.
 It didn't last long, but it was enough for the Internet to flourish.
 
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 CLOSED: [2024-06-25 Tue 16:56]
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