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They could do that because Kazakhstan doesn’t make them much, if any, money. This amounted to cheap good will marketing. If this were the EU or US, and Google
by leesalminen 3y ago
They could do that because Kazakhstan doesn’t make them much, if any, money. This amounted to cheap good will marketing.
If this were the EU or US, and Google risked losing access to that market, they would comply. Way too much money on the table.
- mdekkers 3y ago*China has entered the chat
- anon84873628 3y agoGoogle wouldn't comply before first lobbying heavily against it both in government and among their users. The proposed laws would quickly become a major topic of public discourse.
- arlcode 3y agoAs with other laws ther lobbying position is pretty weak in the EU. They (and other US based big tech) lost the last few rounds of the regulation / lobby game. They don't employ (many) people here, don't pay a lot of taxes and generally don't do much cooperating on their own. They can offer literal briefcases of money to politicians but, in General, that is not the way the EU works.
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- callalex 3y agoRemember how that went for net neutrality? It’s apparently very easy to get many members of the public to argue against their own interests these days.
- xp84 3y agoMajor in our circle probably, but just like most laws we decried as terrible, about half the time they will pass. Like DMCA, Bill C-11, etc. And Google will support anything that helps it maintain its dominance in the ad market in the parts of the world where they make their money.
- hotdogscout 3y agoOr China. https://youtu.be/hhMAt3BluAU https://youtu.be/hhMAt3BluAU