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One obvious option would be to add a couple of percent on each transaction in the EU (e.g. each time Apple and Google take their 30% the EU takes 5% or so), tha
by flohofwoe 2y ago
One obvious option would be to add a couple of percent on each transaction in the EU (e.g. each time Apple and Google take their 30% the EU takes 5% or so), that way the requirement to open up the mobile platforms to alternative app stores would also finally make sense, since European app stores wouldn't be affected by the tarrifs.
- zonkerdonker 2y agoSure, that makes sense, make the tax big enough to really hurt if they try to eat it. I guess if IP is off the table as well, nothing to stop someone from pirating every movie on netflix and launching a clone for EU! Im curious for some more details around this. I hope it turns out to be a nice big stick to smack some sense into the US tech oligarchs, and also their orange subordinate