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> Same for the web, for the mobile, and for many other sectors. We seem to be always late on the market, why is it so?

From what I have seen it is because of an "ask for permission culture" as a norm. The French show up the most in news stories with "felony interference with a business model" stories.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/08/07/158371114/ou...

Say what you will about its role in food but it isn't exactly surprising that innovation doesn't spring forth when new ways of doing things are greeted with such hostility.



> The French show up the most in news stories with "felony interference with a business model" stories.

I agree with you. And am French. But France is not whole Europe.




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