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But the tariffs are what will cause them to be gone. It's literally the EU's planned response should Trump not back down from his trade war: https://www.reuter

But the tariffs are what will cause them to be gone. It's literally the EU's planned response should Trump not back down from his trade war: https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-could-tax-big-tech-if-trump-trade-talks-fail-von-der-leyen-says-ft-2025-04-10/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-could-tax-big-tech-if-...

zeroCalories 2y ago
If you watch their actions it's clear they're already planning it either way. Australia and Canada are pretty much running extortion on social media companies to subsidize local industry, the EU is trying to break up and companies with stuff like DMA, and of course other markets like China don't even bother pretending to care for our companies. As much as I dislike someone like Vance, his willingness to threaten countries for their plans to regulate Twitter is the kind of support big tech needs that the Biden admin had no interest in giving.
- watwut 2y ago
  The most powerful billionaires are basically victims ... while their actual victims don't matter.
- cruzcampo 2y ago
  I strongly disagree with you here. I think big tech has become way too powerful and has increasingly been wielding said power for evil. I think breaking it up and regulating it is the way forward if we want to save our democracies.
  - zeroCalories 2y ago
    See? You fundamentally don't care about big tech, so why should it care about you? I care about big tech because big tech is America. We've invested all our best and most productive people into tech, and it carries our whole economy and U.S hegemony in general. I don't want to cripple our industry or let someone usurp it. I want democrats to work with big tech to minimize the harm domestically while maintaining dominance.
    - cruzcampo 2y ago
      Big tech is America? What are you even talking about? Big Tech is a tiny fraction of America that's increasingly hated by the rest of the country - and the world. It's actively harmful to US hegemony, too, with industry leaders starting fights with your closest allies.
      - disgruntledphd2 2y ago
        Tech and finance keep the US economy afloat. It's rather like an Irish person defending transfer pricing. Probably morally wrong but completely understandable.
    - totalkikedeath 2y ago
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zeroCalories 2y ago

If you watch their actions it's clear they're already planning it either way. Australia and Canada are pretty much running extortion on social media companies to subsidize local industry, the EU is trying to break up and companies with stuff like DMA, and of course other markets like China don't even bother pretending to care for our companies. As much as I dislike someone like Vance, his willingness to threaten countries for their plans to regulate Twitter is the kind of support big tech needs that the Biden admin had no interest in giving.

watwut 2y ago
The most powerful billionaires are basically victims ... while their actual victims don't matter.
cruzcampo 2y ago
I strongly disagree with you here. I think big tech has become way too powerful and has increasingly been wielding said power for evil. I think breaking it up and regulating it is the way forward if we want to save our democracies.
- zeroCalories 2y ago
  See? You fundamentally don't care about big tech, so why should it care about you? I care about big tech because big tech is America. We've invested all our best and most productive people into tech, and it carries our whole economy and U.S hegemony in general. I don't want to cripple our industry or let someone usurp it. I want democrats to work with big tech to minimize the harm domestically while maintaining dominance.
  - cruzcampo 2y ago
    Big tech is America? What are you even talking about? Big Tech is a tiny fraction of America that's increasingly hated by the rest of the country - and the world. It's actively harmful to US hegemony, too, with industry leaders starting fights with your closest allies.
    - disgruntledphd2 2y ago
      Tech and finance keep the US economy afloat. It's rather like an Irish person defending transfer pricing. Probably morally wrong but completely understandable.
  - totalkikedeath 2y ago
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