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None of those big conpanies would die by paying more tax in Germany; so much so, that I bet they’d prefer to call the bluff and leave the country entirely rathe
by loloquwowndueo 1y ago
None of those big conpanies would die by paying more tax in Germany; so much so, that I bet they’d prefer to call the bluff and leave the country entirely rather than pay more taxes. The move then becomes “your government is evil and is forcing us to deprive you of our awesome service/product, call your elected representative”.
- saubeidl 1y agoI believe American Big Tech greatly overestimates their popularity in Europe, especially in Germany. This move would backfire dramatically.
- attendant3446 1y agoHowever, WhatsApp is the default messaging app in Germany (second only to fax /s). Facebook is the default platform in Sweden. I think other EU countries also rely heavily on US big tech.
- likis 1y agoI think they would just pay the taxes but increase their prices so their bottom-line looks about the same. In the end it would be the consumers in Germany that paid the price.
- saubeidl 1y agoThat assumes that demand would stay the same with price increases.