The European Union is working on countermeasures in response to the tariffs that US president Trump has announced. Commission president Ursula von der
  • professionalbalkan@lemm.eeEnglish
    29·
    6 days ago

    This in combination with deregulating the single market and allowing EU tech startup to thrive would finally give birth to real competitors on our continent

    GoEU

  • arc@lemm.eeEnglish
    14·
    6 days ago

    Should be two pronged - tariffs on cloud and other services while fostering competitive local alternatives. While it’s possible knock up a cloud out of anything there is nothing in Europe as coherent as the offerings by Amazon, Google or Microsoft. And there should be.

  • friendlyghost@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    6 days ago

    For now it’s a lot of mights and very few dids. Just make companies that are that huge to pay higher taxes to operate in the EU. It’s not a tariff is contributing their fair share to the social network of the EU. And ffs, reign in any country allowing these companies to operate in tax havens in the EU

  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    Do it, the USA lost their industrial base to the shareholders and services is all they have. Let it rip!

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    7 days ago

    Do it, fuck up Twitter, Amazon, meta, and everyone else that shared a stage with trump.

    The only language they know is $, if trump is bad for their money, they’ll go against trump.

    These are people obsessed with wealth over every thing else, it’s not hard to manipulate them, but when rational adults regain power, we need to tax the ever loving shit out of them because no matter what happens, they’ll always choose “more money”.

    • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      I wouldn’t go as far as saying it’s very easy to manipulate American oligarchs. However, they are relatively provincial and lack the capabilities to deal with truly complex challenges.

      They operate in an environment with no real risk. They’ve never dealt with any real challenges. The US judicial system is a joke (even in China, Alibaba’s Jack Ma immediately regretted going on a public chimp out). US society is either openly supportive of corruption and criminality or lacks the capability (true desire and risk tolerance) to address corruption.

      This is not to underestimate American oligarchs. They are extremely sophisticated and absolutely committed to their “number go up” fetish, but you also have to be real about what they are.

  • someguy3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    7 days ago

    All it takes is a critical mass of users to make their own Facebook. A continental divide seems like a good place.

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      When America sends their users, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending trolls, shitposters, influencers. They’re bringing Ben Shapiro and Alex Jones. And some, I assume, are good users.

      Edit: The original quote (about Mexicans) is from 2015. Feel old yet?

  • Lanske@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    7 days ago

    Sounds like a good idea, hit them where it hurts! I left Big Tech a while ago, but if the EU can hit them with tariffs and hurt people like Zuck and (F)Elon, awesome!

  • meliante@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    I was afraid of this… I support it but don’t need it. Oh well… Fuck the USA anyway!