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> I imagine it's much more likely this power will be used against a few big players (Apple, Facebook, Google) Aussie market is not that big. Its gdp is less th
by lawland 8y ago
> I imagine it's much more likely this power will be used against a few big players (Apple, Facebook, Google)
Aussie market is not that big. Its gdp is less than a tenth of USA, smaller than Canada and a half of India. It is a good size but if a bunch of google employees stage a protest over this, google may just pull out of it because losing talent can be a bigger pain.
- cyphar 8y agoNote that Google, Apple, etc all have Australian employees and have subsidiaries incorporated in Australia. Google Maps came out of Google Australia, for instance. So you could argue they'd lose talent by pulling out. Don't get me wrong, I want big tech companies to retaliate since that's the only way to get the attention of the Australian government (they stopped listening to the proletariat a long time ago). But it should be done as a retaliation, because that's the only justification that I believe would be consistent and might make a difference.