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> 10% of its global revenue Yeah, there’s no chance that the response to such a law would be for them to immediately shut down all Australian operations, block
by devilbunny 2mo ago
> 10% of its global revenue
Yeah, there’s no chance that the response to such a law would be for them to immediately shut down all Australian operations, block all connections from Australia, immediately lay off every Australian citizen working for them, and essentially evacuate the country.
- DanHulton 2mo agoDamn, can you imagine a world where it would be so easy to convince one of these companies to stop poisoning the minds of an entire country like that? Like, I kinda jest, but also kinda don’t. Would that really be so bad of an outcome? The net positives don’t really seem to bear up under all the negatives just… going away.
- brainwad 2mo agoAs an Aussie expat who uses Facebook to keep in contact with my friends and family: yes, it would be bad. Social networking tools have real positive effects on the world, let us not forget that.
- devilbunny 2mo agoYeah, but social media won’t be the only companies that notice. If Australia’s government will do it to them to prop up their local dying industry, they will do it to you, too. If the EU or US tries that, well, those are huge markets and maybe you bend (maybe you don’t!). But Australia is 27 million people, less than 10% the size of those. If they want to get heavy-handed, well, it’s their country, but as recent US actions have shown, other countries’ companies may pick up their ball and go home rather than play with you.