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>If the French government has a beef with anyone, it's with their own people, who stubbornly refuse to use Videotex or whatever the homegrown French alternative
by Talanes 7y ago
>If the French government has a beef with anyone, it's with their own people, who stubbornly refuse to use Videotex or whatever the homegrown French alternative is these days.
This isn't a gang war for turf, France does not "have a beef" with Google. They have made laws for their country, and are enforcing those laws. Google has the freedom to comply or GTFO, simple as that.
- CamperBob2 7y agoMountain View, California is already a long way TFO of France.
- pixl97 7y agoJust like online/offshore gambling is way outside the US, but the US still rerouted planes with gambling CEOs so they could be arrested.
- CamperBob2 7y agoCorrect, and there was nothing OK about that, either.
- bscphil 7y agohttps://careers.google.com/jobs/results/?company=Google&company=YouTube&location=Paris,%20France https://careers.google.com/jobs/results/?company=Google&comp...
- enz 7y ago"Google France" is a French company, with headquarters in Paris. They have employees and they do business under the French law like any other French company.
- CamperBob2 7y agoRight. I'm saying that France is the bigger loser if Google pulls out. They need a pipe to google.com far more than Google needs an office in France. Something, something, something, once you pay them the Danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane...