mergers are different thing as the outcome, but the mechanism is the same> two companies based in US could not merge because EU said so. The fact that the outcome of the merge vs outcome of some implemented features are different are just details that are not relevant for this discussion. EU absolutely can impose it's will on foreign companies and if those want to be present in EU market, they'll follow the rules
Because two US companies merging has also a big impact on the EU market. A US company launching a feature in the US but not in the EU has no impact on the EU market. So no, it's not the same thing.
yes, as I said not the same thing as effect on eu market, but the final effect is the same: EU has the power to block a merger of two us companies at it's will even if for us govt the merger is totally ok and eu can bend this power in any direction including forcing a foreign company to implement a global policy
