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> Failure to abide by the regulations can result in penalties as high as 3% of gross global revenues Assuming all of Canada has internet access, Canada makes u
by Zambyte 3y ago
> Failure to abide by the regulations can result in penalties as high as 3% of gross global revenues
Assuming all of Canada has internet access, Canada makes up less than 1% of people with internet. I wonder if companies will respond by simply blocking Canadians, as it would be cheaper, and encourage them to repeal this. Not that I want that at all, but it seems like a possibility.
- wmf 3y agoThat's exactly what the companies will do. They're already blocking news in Canada.
- barbazoo 3y agoAre they? At least Google doesn't seem to be.
- peanuty1 3y agoGoogle has said they will block news once the law is in effect.
- sqeaky 3y agoIs that a bluff or not? Would Canada actually prefer it one way or the other? What is the cost of making a Canadian team to tune results to Canada's laws? Is that less than possible earnings? Are all people equally valuable to Google or are people in wealthy nations worth proportionally more. What if other countries follow suit?
- tamiral 3y agonews is already blocked on Meta owned companies.
- red_trumpet 3y agoI guess that Google news brings in a lot less revenue than Google search. So might it be possible that the trade-offs are different?
- rogerkirkness 3y agoGoogle is planning to remove news from search in Canada as well.
- orochimaaru 3y agoI'm sure most Canadians will discover that VPNs are their solution to circumvent any "blockade".
- somsak2 3y agoGreat, Canadians get to pay some shady VPN company $10-$20/month just to be able to use services the rest of the western world can for free.
- mbrumlow 3y agoWhy do you think all the free VPNs are popping up?
- somsak2 3y agoI think it's because they're making money by selling access to your residential IP to people overseas to circumvent geo-blocking. And that's if you're lucky -- probably the expectation should be they're installing malware.
- mbrumlow 3y agoWhat? I am talking about things from big providers like cloud flare, and some for pay options like private relay.
- ssl232 3y agoThe rest of the world doesn't have the current Canadian government.
- Aerroon 3y agoThey'll just be like Europeans then. I have to use a VPN to read certain news sites.
- red_trumpet 3y agoCanada is a relatively rich country. So I would guess the average Canadian is worth more revenue than the average internet user?