EU considers tariffs on digital services Big Tech
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Do it, fuck up Twitter, Amazon, meta, and everyone else that shared a stage with trump.
The only language they know is $, if trump is bad for their money, they'll go against trump.
These are people obsessed with wealth over every thing else, it's not hard to manipulate them, but when rational adults regain power, we need to tax the ever loving shit out of them because no matter what happens, they'll always choose "more money".
I wouldn't go as far as saying it's very easy to manipulate American oligarchs. However, they are relatively provincial and lack the capabilities to deal with truly complex challenges.
They operate in an environment with no real risk. They've never dealt with any real challenges. The US judicial system is a joke (even in China, Alibaba's Jack Ma immediately regretted going on a public chimp out). US society is either openly supportive of corruption and criminality or lacks the capability (true desire and risk tolerance) to address corruption.
This is not to underestimate American oligarchs. They are extremely sophisticated and absolutely committed to their "number go up" fetish, but you also have to be real about what they are.
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How would this affect the big players? Like MS -you buy from the European branch and they use buy from US. So hitting them with tariffs would hurt MS more than their customers?
I understand they will raise prices, but its not like with physical goods where the same item is resold. They use other ways to transfer money because tax
The purpose of tariffs (in a normal world) is to make it harder for domestic entities to buy international goods. Typically, this will spur growth of a particular sector of industry within a country over time.
The way Trump is using them as a battering ram in an attempt to punish other countries, rather than incentivize steady growth, is why the US market is tanking and likely headed to another recession (or worse).
By retaliating in kind, the EU will be incentivizing their citizens and companies not to buy from the US. This will hurt companies that are based in the US, like Google, Microsoft, Meta, etc., further sending the US economy into freefall and bolstering the European economy, since they aren't trying to punish every single trade partner in existence.
There may be other ways they try to move money around to avoid the tariffs, but governments are aware of how big businesses operate and often try to close those kinds of loopholes. Since this has become a global political issue, I would imagine they'll be keeping a more watchful eye than normal on things.
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I believe this is how we can cripple the US.
I just switched my services over and there are some great alternatives, we have just been pre-programmed to use the American default brands.
Adobe, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon all easy to replace.
The only challenging one so far is YouTube, content is just lacking elsewhere, but atleast with adblockers YouTube isn't getting my money.
As an American, I'm already subscribed to [email protected] and [email protected].
I'll eat those tariffs to ensure the companies that stood at Trump's side feel it in their stock portfolios.
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I like long form video content from someone who is passionate about a subject
To each its own, I guess. I prefer written stuff.
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Don’t use tariffs. Legalize jailbreaking and adversarial interop instead. Disregard American DRM.
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Yes PLEASE
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I believe this is how we can cripple the US.
I just switched my services over and there are some great alternatives, we have just been pre-programmed to use the American default brands.
Adobe, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon all easy to replace.
The only challenging one so far is YouTube, content is just lacking elsewhere, but atleast with adblockers YouTube isn't getting my money.
Any recommendations? It seems a lot of my alternatives are turning heel and I would like more options. Preferably ones not likely to turn heel.
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Don’t use tariffs. Legalize jailbreaking and adversarial interop instead. Disregard American DRM.
Don’t just legalise jailbreak (which was never illegal anyway
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Don’t use tariffs. Legalize jailbreaking and adversarial interop instead. Disregard American DRM.
Yeah, let's have a go with the ACI (anti-coercion instrument) and see if we can't make their patents free game. Playing to Trump's tune is unlikely to work out well
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Don’t just legalise jailbreak (which was never illegal anyway
), but force device manufacturers to unlock root as soon as they end support for the device.How about not letting Google have exclusive rights to the drivers for all the phone hardware? I would like to be able to install Linux on any phone I buy. I don't want Google monopolizing phone operating systems. #FOSS #Linux #FuckGoogle #Monopoly #deGoogle
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Break up Ticketmaster!
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Any recommendations? It seems a lot of my alternatives are turning heel and I would like more options. Preferably ones not likely to turn heel.
Not a complete list, but
- Adobe: krita, gimp, inkscape
- Microsoft: linux, libreoffice, codeberg, playstation
- Apple: de-googled android, linux
- Google: de-googled android, tutanota, duckduckgo or kagi, libreoffice
- Amazon: *arr suite for amazon video, little choice for amazon the logistic company
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Maybe fix the Irish tax loophole first?
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Don’t use tariffs. Legalize jailbreaking and adversarial interop instead. Disregard American DRM.
You know jailbreaking isn't illegal right? It's the same is removing one of those void if removed stickers, you won't get tech support anymore but who cares about Apple tech support?
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To each its own, I guess. I prefer written stuff.
Me too. A good written guide is always way more effective. There rare today though
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Not a complete list, but
- Adobe: krita, gimp, inkscape
- Microsoft: linux, libreoffice, codeberg, playstation
- Apple: de-googled android, linux
- Google: de-googled android, tutanota, duckduckgo or kagi, libreoffice
- Amazon: *arr suite for amazon video, little choice for amazon the logistic company
All the alternative businesses to Amazon suck. And also probably advertise on Amazon as drop shippers anyway.
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I believe this is how we can cripple the US.
I just switched my services over and there are some great alternatives, we have just been pre-programmed to use the American default brands.
Adobe, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon all easy to replace.
The only challenging one so far is YouTube, content is just lacking elsewhere, but atleast with adblockers YouTube isn't getting my money.
I agree with your point but you mentioned the services that are literally the hardest to find alternatives for. Need to use photoshop professionally, good luck getting around adobe. Sys admin only allows microsoft because he doesn't want to manage a bazillion different setups, get used to windows buddy.
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Not a complete list, but
- Adobe: krita, gimp, inkscape
- Microsoft: linux, libreoffice, codeberg, playstation
- Apple: de-googled android, linux
- Google: de-googled android, tutanota, duckduckgo or kagi, libreoffice
- Amazon: *arr suite for amazon video, little choice for amazon the logistic company
little choice for amazon the logistic company
Depends on where you live. Here in Germany we have a few alternatives, like "Otto" and a few others with specialisations like electronics. Some of them have a marketplace just like Amazon and they even offer the same cheap chinese crap that Amazon has to offer. So you could feel right at home.
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I agree with your point but you mentioned the services that are literally the hardest to find alternatives for. Need to use photoshop professionally, good luck getting around adobe. Sys admin only allows microsoft because he doesn't want to manage a bazillion different setups, get used to windows buddy.
I think you're forgetting the power of consumers. At work you might not be able to replace Photoshop or Microsoft but at home you certainly can. The more people that become familiar with alternative software the more likely professionally environments are to adopt it.
Why would a company want to pay Adobe or Microsoft if their employees are more adept with free alternatives? Especially if those alternatives gain feature parity with the paid services while the paid services lock parts behind paywalls and subscriptions.
Don't let perfect get in the way of good!
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You know jailbreaking isn't illegal right? It's the same is removing one of those void if removed stickers, you won't get tech support anymore but who cares about Apple tech support?
Those stickers have no legal weight anyway, at least in the United States. The manufacturer has to prove that you damaged the device, whether the sticker is there or not. They can not refuse service just because a sticker is missing.
