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I just hope the US does not "retaliate" on this. EU entrepreneurs are too dependent on US businesses.

simion314 7y ago
How, they would also tax big companies "hidden" profits ? Some US citizens are asking for this already, the French tax is not target at a country.
- buboard 7y ago
  They would tax digital companies doing businesses in the US.
  - simion314 7y ago
    Would they exclude US companies doing business in US?
    - buboard 7y ago
      obviously yes. we are in a trade war
      - simion314 7y ago
        This makes no sense, France is not excluding french companies. there is no war , they probably need more money so they found some group to tax, in Romania the government is also in big need of money so they put a tax on telecom companies, should the UK queen get upset now if a UK telecom company that makes business here is taxed more? I mean there are no exceptions or protectionism involved but some politicians can let an opportunity to spread their agenda.
glerk 7y ago
I really wish US companies would take a more forceful approach with these rogue governments. “You get off our back or we pull out of your countries”
- icebraining 7y ago
  Looking at the list, and as a citizen of an European country: yes, please, do pull out.
- levosmetalo 7y ago
  I would be happy if those spy organisations like Google and Facebook would leave my country.
  - magduf 7y ago
    Google provides some genuinely useful services, like Maps. Facebook, on the other hand, isn't something that anyone really needs. What value does Facebook actually provide anyway, besides giving people a forum to post boring family photos for grandma to look at? I guess Facebook Marketplace can be sorta useful for selling your old junk, but that's the only thing that comes to mind. Remember also that there's only two players in the smartphone market: Apple and Google (which makes the software and app store behind Android). If you loose Google and Android, that means everyone's going to be sorta forced into buying an iPhone unless they want to go back to flip-phones. Do you really want an Apple monopoly in your country?
    - buboard 7y ago
      Facebook provides the great service of keeping them all over there. Imagine if all that crowd descended on HN.
      - magduf 7y ago
        Don't be silly. Even if FB disappeared tomorrow, "that crowd" isn't going to come to HN, just like they're not going to suddenly develop an interest in, say, electronics and start hanging out on message forums where people talk about how to design PCBs, or an interest in, say, astrophysics, and start hanging out on message forums where people talk about gravity wave detection. No matter what happens to FB, you're safe here.
- 7y ago

How, they would also tax big companies "hidden" profits ? Some US citizens are asking for this already, the French tax is not target at a country.

buboard 7y ago
They would tax digital companies doing businesses in the US.
- simion314 7y ago
  Would they exclude US companies doing business in US?
  - buboard 7y ago
    obviously yes. we are in a trade war
    - simion314 7y ago
      This makes no sense, France is not excluding french companies. there is no war , they probably need more money so they found some group to tax, in Romania the government is also in big need of money so they put a tax on telecom companies, should the UK queen get upset now if a UK telecom company that makes business here is taxed more? I mean there are no exceptions or protectionism involved but some politicians can let an opportunity to spread their agenda.

glerk 7y ago

I really wish US companies would take a more forceful approach with these rogue governments. “You get off our back or we pull out of your countries”

icebraining 7y ago
Looking at the list, and as a citizen of an European country: yes, please, do pull out.
levosmetalo 7y ago
I would be happy if those spy organisations like Google and Facebook would leave my country.
- magduf 7y ago
  Google provides some genuinely useful services, like Maps. Facebook, on the other hand, isn't something that anyone really needs. What value does Facebook actually provide anyway, besides giving people a forum to post boring family photos for grandma to look at? I guess Facebook Marketplace can be sorta useful for selling your old junk, but that's the only thing that comes to mind. Remember also that there's only two players in the smartphone market: Apple and Google (which makes the software and app store behind Android). If you loose Google and Android, that means everyone's going to be sorta forced into buying an iPhone unless they want to go back to flip-phones. Do you really want an Apple monopoly in your country?
  - buboard 7y ago
    Facebook provides the great service of keeping them all over there. Imagine if all that crowd descended on HN.
    - magduf 7y ago
      Don't be silly. Even if FB disappeared tomorrow, "that crowd" isn't going to come to HN, just like they're not going to suddenly develop an interest in, say, electronics and start hanging out on message forums where people talk about how to design PCBs, or an interest in, say, astrophysics, and start hanging out on message forums where people talk about gravity wave detection. No matter what happens to FB, you're safe here.
7y ago