EU considers tariffs on digital services Big Tech
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Exactly, and this also ties into my first point that the people who know, know what to look for.
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I don't disagree, however, there needs to be some form of security so the average Joe (or their kid) doesn't accidentally press the wrong button and
rm -rfthe entire device (exaggerating of course, but you get the idea). -
That is pretty much how the VMware situation shook out.
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But you love teams right?! (get the gas can - I'll get the matches)
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This is why you give notice; this isn't an overnight thing. If anything, this would help strengthen and decentralize hosting platforms while giving a huge amount of business to companies to help them migrate.
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Notice or not any infrastructure change is brutal - even if you go like for like.
I'm not saying I'm against the idea: I loathe all the centralization and robber barons running around in this era. But switches like these rarely go as planned. If haste is required even less so.
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Adobe has a Print Production feature where you can run a Preflight Analysis that identifies all the elements in the PDF. I haven't been able to find a similar feature elsewhere. I'd love to get off Adobe, but that one feature is pretty critical for my workflow.
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Google's been attacking those lately, mostly to success (Piped and Invidious are effectively dead, ViewTube is also dead, and FreeTube's a target now).
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Oh I get it. We made the jump from Google Cloud to AWS, and I'm sure there are companies that are even more vendor locked. But a good example of what people can do when they don't have a choice is the new PCI 4.0 roll out that has cost companies millions they wouldn't spend unless made to do so. Will it be a mountain to climb and cost a ton, yeah, but change in the right direction isn't always easy.
I'm with you, it will be hard, and they need a good system for extensions and the like, with a reasonable time line. But this is good change IMO, even if it's painful.
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Yeah, we've got on-prem cloud hosting at a university, and moving away from VMware is an ongoing process. Still. Two, three years after the writing was on the wall. They'd rather pay the Danegeld.
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It becomes very hard to tariff intangible services like those provided by tech, or financial securities.
If the datacenter is in the EU and that EU data center is servicing EU does it get tariffed? I think they should just do shit like requiring certain infrastructure and job investments in the EU or pay higher tax rates on revenue.
Current US tax policy, GILTI and FDII already kinda incentivize offshoring for multinational companies based in the US. Companies that deal largely in intangible good are already outsourcing jobs. EU forcing them to speed up this process puts both Trump and the multinational companies in a double bind.
Neither can really make a move in their best interest without pissing the other off.
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Jeez, guys... You're a paleontologist or what? That happened centuries ago.
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Agree 100%
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Yes, of course, but I think, like I wrote it, it is more likely to happen in reality
but of course, I would prefer from the start as wellLike just hide it in developer settings which as well are hidden. No noob should accidentally go there, but a malicious being may lead a noob there…
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How about not letting Google have exclusive rights to the drivers for all the phone hardware?
What exactly do you mean by that? Google is one of the few companies that let you easily unlock their phones so you can do whatever you want with them.
