alt Hacker NewsDo people not understand that companies on this scale are geopolitically important?
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Maybe that's the way it is in the US, because the country is run by corporations. But in the rest of the world we don't operate like that.
Why would Italy pick Cloudflare over Bunny.net or even CDNetworks if Cloudflare can't follow their laws? Today US tech products sell well in Europe because of the past 80 years of positive relationships. So Cloudflare is the obvious choice over CDNetworks, but for how long will it be like that?
The Italians obviously don't
I mean, that's an argument for making them respect your country's laws or banning them from your country if they don't want to.
They're not.
Geopolitical important companies are a bad thing. Imagine the company being an Iranian or North Korean company.
That's one countries leverage against another countries laws.
Thank they should act like it and respect the laws of the countries.
If you run to the US executive to assert US understanding of law onto other countries you are geopolitical important, however, as a tool for the US national interest not as a true international company. A true international company would serve their customers in their legal systems. Fight the laws there, try to make them better, but don't strongarm them with other country forces. They are a sovereign country.