@filipesm @leahabshaffer @mimsical No, the only thing they’ve been threatened with is the fear of losing out and appearing technologically ignorant and irrelevant, the promise of “jobs”, and the allure of revolving doors.
Google’s lobbying office is literally around the corner from the European Parliament. Their (and Microsoft’s, etc.) lobbyists are the folks the MEPs drink with at the pubs down the road.