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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

EU looks to take lead in metaverse world, avoid Big Tech dominance

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EU looks to take lead in metaverse world, avoid Big Tech dominance

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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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The European Commission on Tuesday set out a plan in a bid to take the lead in the metaverse - shared virtual worlds accessible through the internet - and to prevent Big Tech dominating a nascent sphere that could boost economic growth.
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    Unless they lose more court cases because their subsidies break WTO rules…

    https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2019/october/us-wins-75-billion-award-airbus

    What’s stopped EU tech companies previously? I can’t think of any European tech companies other than OnlyFans lol

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      Well that’s just IT. They don’t have a significant presence in the tech space and they are trying to create barriers to develop home grown companies. (To answer your question SAP and some anti-virus companies top of my head but there isn’t a lot.)

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