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If they simply acknowledged that and said "we are making a tax on tech social/search companies" and then that they were distributing the proceeds of that to new
by zmmmmm 3y ago
If they simply acknowledged that and said "we are making a tax on tech social/search companies" and then that they were distributing the proceeds of that to news/media? I'd be fine with it. It's the theatrics that are the problem - pretending the underlying issue is social/search "stealing" content from news media.
This isn't benign - setting precedents that linking to something is stealing it is toxic to the whole concept of the internet itself. It may take a while to seep through but that precedent is going to get built on by every other aggrieved party who sees an opportunity there eventually.
- steebo 3y agoTheatrics are a part of politics. Do you think you're the only one who sees through them? Who cares what they call it?
- notatoad 3y ago>This isn't benign - setting precedents that linking to something is stealing it is toxic to the whole concept of the internet itself this is why we need to care. doing theatrics to hide their dirty spending is one thing. but they should at least do their dirt in a way that doesn't have the side effect of breaking how the internet works.