> Instead, here's a wild take. Why don't they just follow the regulations and continue to make profits.

Far more likely that Google is just going to follow Apple's lead and stop releasing new features in the EU that the rest of the world gets to enjoy.

From The Washington Post:

> Behind all this lies the dream that Europe could be a “regulatory superpower.” It wanted to create a market too big to skip that would, by virtue of its heft, end up exporting its rules to the rest of the world. That hasn’t worked out.

> When adapting a product for Europe costs more than European market access is worth, companies no longer comply. They simply leave out the feature.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/14/apple-wit...