If google were to pull out of the EU overnight without warning - as in literally shut off all their EU services, block EU connections, and (not overnight I would assume) let go of all their staff - then yes, there would be death.
Millions of mobile phones would stop working, various major systems would find they have a SPOF with google (ie. GCP) and there would be lots and lots of lost email and company documents.
It would be a huge financial problem for the EU.
For most things I think they would "recover" relatively quickly (bar the lost documents). But the effect would be so large they would legislate very very hard against it.
And it wouldn't just be the EU governments that would legislate against it. It would be governments the world over.
It would result in many major corporations being split up. Long lasting movements against centralised communications and ownership.
Google would lose. Hard.
When I think about it, we all have a lot to gain from Google pulling out of a major region overnight.
Millions of mobile phones would stop working, various major systems would find they have a SPOF with google (ie. GCP) and there would be lots and lots of lost email and company documents.
It would be a huge financial problem for the EU.
For most things I think they would "recover" relatively quickly (bar the lost documents). But the effect would be so large they would legislate very very hard against it.
And it wouldn't just be the EU governments that would legislate against it. It would be governments the world over.
It would result in many major corporations being split up. Long lasting movements against centralised communications and ownership.
Google would lose. Hard.
When I think about it, we all have a lot to gain from Google pulling out of a major region overnight.