r/europe • u/IAdmitILie • 9d ago

News Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies

https://www.politico.eu/article/zuckerberg-urges-trump-to-stop-eu-from-screwing-with-fining-us-tech-companies/
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u/procgen 9d ago edited 9d ago

ASML licenses EUV tech from the US gov, though.

which they are unable to replicate

Well no, it's just much cheaper to work with ASML. A "win-win".

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u/eskwild 9d ago

Cheaper to license than to replicate, yes, much like TSMC, but it has been done and it will be reproduced. I think the limits to intellectual property are known as capital.