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Which, I'd like to point out, isn't a big loss: it's population 24 million, about the size of Taiwan. If you're making a physical product, shipping and taxes wi
by owenversteeg 8y ago
Which, I'd like to point out, isn't a big loss: it's population 24 million, about the size of Taiwan. If you're making a physical product, shipping and taxes will make it criminally expensive to sell there, and if you're making a digital product, there's this and the considerations of slow internet and a different time zone.
I think it's actually quite reasonable and doable for companies to boycott Australia over this, and I hope we see some. It'd be free press for the company and cost relatively little - I'd imagine the press would pay for any missed Australian sales. And it'd put some pressure on the Australian government for this idiocy.
- ianhowson 8y agoAustralians are quite accustomed to bypassing geoblocks and import restrictions, in any case. But that's not really the problem here -- it's more that Australian products and employees may be tainted by unknown government interference.
- NoPicklez 8y agoAs an Australian, I'd almost rather this so then it actually makes it a problem for everyone. Then the politicians might take a good hard look at what they're trying to do.