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      1 # Why US Software Suck
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      3 Let's compare some EU software companies with US software companies.
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      5 ## EU
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      7 - Email
      8     - Tuta Nota
      9     - Proton
     10     - Mailbox
     11     - Posteo
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     13 ## US
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     15 - Email
     16     - Microsoft
     17     - Google
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     20 ## Explanation
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     22 These lists are non-exhaustive, but it tends to be the case that the most popular services coming from the EU for a given product segment are privacy respecting whereas the same is not true for US based countries. Why might this be?
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     24 ### Love of the Game
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     26 Average salary comparison. Shows people choose it out of passion more than out of greed
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     28 ### Privacy Laws
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     30 They have privacy laws that impact companies substantially, to the extent that they simply position themselves as privacy respecting, and often walk the walk, because it can be too costly to be a POS company like google in the EU.
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     32 ### Culture
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     34 US has greedy startup BS culture sometimes.