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[skohan]

I see no reason a web-based product of European origin could not succeed in the US or Chinese markets. TikTok for example has done phenomenally in western markets despite the large cultural differences the development team likely has from many of their users.

[ben_w → skohan]

Indeed, Skype is an example of this.

[solarkraft → skohan]

I see 2 (but am not sure how problematic they really are on a larger scale): The GDPR and upcoming upload filters/required user identification due to the copyright reform.

[skohan → solarkraft]

Would those affect a european-based company hosting and serving users in the US or Asia?

US-based companies face the same challenges when trying to reach European customers, so this is an equal playing field as far as I can tell.

[konschubert → skohan]

I think it’s very hard to launch a product in a foreign market without validating it in a domestic market first.