Europe has declared war on U.S. tech companies, but despite this all-out assault, Europeans themselves still love American tech.

Just consider these events: The European Commission is demanding big changes to Google’s search algorithms, and if the company doesn’t agree to them, billions of dollars in fines may follow. Taxi drivers across Europe went on a one-day strike this summer demanding that Uber be outlawed there — and in response a German court nearly banned the ride-sharing service. Also this summer, France passed a law stopping Amazon from offering free shipping in the country. And several years ago a German state banned the use of companies putting Facebook “Like” buttons on their pages, for fear of privacy invasions.

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