Matej Pardo

Digital competition and geopolitics. Views expressed are my own. Contact: [email protected]

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@RnaudBertrand @realjoeymUS Easier said than done as this is a generational problem already unfortunately.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@ylecun @RnaudBertrand Yes, there's definitely a lack of self-confidence. There are many examples of European startups not being viewed as legitimate until a U.S. investor steps in. Only then do they start being talked about.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@TimSweeneyEpic Great result @TimSweeneyEpic — a win for developers' rights. I'm part of a joint EU action concerning app store restrictions as well. It's encouraging to see progress in the U.S. — would Epic be open to a conversation about coordinating efforts across regions?

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@Hockman9797 @oguzerkan Historically, breaking up monopolists often led to higher combined valuations for the resulting companies. I could imagine that on their own, Youtube, Waymo, Google Cloud and others could be valued higher than they are under the current company structure.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@Hockman9797 @oguzerkan Google breakup wouldn't necessarily be bad for shareholders.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@thebias_news Interesting, this is now a global phenomenon.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@Afinetheorem A lot of these "compliance" strategies have been made intentionally unusable...

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@Dave13392 @AltaFoxCapital While not ideal for running the business, shareholders would likely benefit from a split of different Google business units.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@jason_kint I understand the intention is to bring Google to the table to negotiate with publishers. However, should they decide to pay the tax instead, where does that money go?

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@chrispavlovski @mrmeador Great news and Google must be disappointed with this nomination, which is a good sign.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@SkylerforNY While it's not appropriate to for either of them to do it, if Joe did it it would probably be because he IS senile. This isn't Trump being senile, just his style (which I am not endorsing).

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

While I agree with the idea of cutting government spending, this is reductive. What about rising input costs (potentially caused by tariffs), currency depreciation, labor market tightness, etc?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Government overspending is what causes inflation.

If government waste is stopped, there will be no inflation.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@signulll crazy way to picture it, but true

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@runstuck @solarnynja @FischerKing64 @JuanSanchez0x0 Airpods are also just more comfortable.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@micah_erfan Private citizens that own/run companies critical to the future of EV, national security, space exploration will always be able to book 1_1 meetings with world leaders. What they should and shouldn't be able to discuss is a better question IMO.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@DylanoA4 Not only that this is modern reality, but also what big TV show hits seem to be based on lately. Think Succession, White Lotus, etc...

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@0x_ale also important to note the costs of restructucturing. Basically, the cost of failure can be 10x higher in Germany than in the US due to employment laws, etc. This is a big brake on risk capital.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@tahrajirari @ATabarrok To run a search engine, you need users. More users means more data, and more data means better search engine. That is the fundamental feedback loop at work here. When you've been default for 10 years+, competitors have been foreclosed.

[Matej Pardo @matejpardo]

@ericfruits Hopefully, Google sharing query data would provide a class of search engines with the same/similar quality search results, but more tailored to specific consumer demands.