&gt; As a person from northern Europe, I think this is all about envy: &quot;I don&#x27;t like you because you have success, so I have to impede you&quot;.<p>As a person also from Europe I wish people would stop saying this, because it doesn&#x27;t do justice to the issue that many of us actually have with these specific companies. All it does is divert from the real issues.<p>It&#x27;s nothing to do with envy (for me at least, and many others) and everything to do with the way these companies conduct themselves and the outright lack of respect they demonstrate towards the public and the laws of the countries in which they operate.<p>They need reigning in.