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Yes. Growth in Europe isn’t the only metric that matters to smartphone manufacturers because they are still making money on the sales they make in Europe even if they aren’t growing in the market.
Because flat < growth
It’s not that deep
Obviously but that doesn’t mean that the flat number of year on year sales don’t matter. It’s a very important metric
It means you are losing market share
And if they don’t comply with EU regulations they will lose even more market share.
Maybe. It depends on if the market is growing or shrinking.
The market is growing outside the EU.
Ok. The subject here is the EU.
The subject is smartphone manufacturers ignoring EU rules
Yes. Growth in Europe isn’t the only metric that matters to smartphone manufacturers because they are still making money on the sales they make in Europe even if they aren’t growing in the market.
That’s because there is no growth in Europe