Re: Pro (DUH!)
I really loved your post. It shows how there is only one way forward: a EURO Google that only shows EURO results for EURO shoppers. People offended by worldwide choices can just go there for ALL of their online shopping searches. The Eurocrats can then sleep better and everyone wins. People who want to be forgotten can start on the Euronet first. What could go wrong?
I frequently search, refine, and search until I can get a local supplier in Europe (particularly for heavy stuff). I also do the math. Today, I bought the cable tags and stickers I needed in Hong Kong and the UK respectively (for shipment to France) for about 10 quid. I wouldn't have had a hope in hell of finding them anywhere else in Europe and even if I did, they would have cost me a relative fortune. Local shops? You must be joking.
Perhaps, one day... the politicians.... will get a clue..... a race to the bottom will actually benefit consumers, even if it hurts protected monopolies, increases choice and cuts into tax revenues (maybe)...
It is really time to get with the program. If you don't like the googelator search purchase facilitator, then write your own, without any legislative code. Alternatively, keep your brick and mortar corner shops open as long as you can. Or better yet, keep them open much longer by advertising your wares on the internet like the rest of the cool kids.
The Googlebot (internet) is a facilitator, not a pirahna. The sooner people figure this out the sooner they can benefit from it.