For starters, I am still waiting for Apple Intelligence to arrive on my phone. Reason given is "EU legislative concerns".
Then there's the nontrivial number of especially local US news sources which now give me a cheerful "451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons" error code.
Then there's the outright stupid stuff - like lightbulbs that do not cost 15 euros a piece (to save 'energy'), or drinking straws that do not dissolve in my coke within the first minute (to avoid 'disposable plastics'). There are hundreds of examples like that.
The EU is a regulation juggernaut, and is making the world an actively worse place for everyone globally. See "Cookie Banners".
Then there's the nontrivial number of especially local US news sources which now give me a cheerful "451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons" error code.
Then there's the outright stupid stuff - like lightbulbs that do not cost 15 euros a piece (to save 'energy'), or drinking straws that do not dissolve in my coke within the first minute (to avoid 'disposable plastics'). There are hundreds of examples like that.
The EU is a regulation juggernaut, and is making the world an actively worse place for everyone globally. See "Cookie Banners".