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@whatkatiediduk yeah...
@EUCommission already killed #GooglePlay competitiors like #AndroidPit with absurd regulations.
- Cuz when stuff is getting regulated as if only #GAFAMs exist, you get a #GAFAM-only #Enshitternet! (#Enshittified #Internet).
https://appdevelopermagazine.com/important-announcement:-androidpit-app-center-to-close/
Meanwhile, all it'll do is raise the bar for competitiors and costs for consumers, because all the #Dropshipping fees will be added to the item prices!
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@ocdtrekkie @catraxx @EU_Commission yeah.
Same with the #EU making VAT mandatory to be paid at the customers' juristiction and not the tax avoidance juristiction of the #GAFAMs, which basically killed a lot of superior domestic competition like #AndroidPit's #AppCenter which had way more favourable terms for customers AND developers/publishers!
https://web.archive.org/web/20141125020445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-centerSadly there's neither #ACTA nir #TTIP so the owners couldn't sue the #EU for the added costs and loss of profit...
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@JustinLachance @tod No.
I'm against #LinkTax as it's bad in principle and like a lot of "well-meant" ideas it'll do nothing but harm any #SmallSites, #Bloggers and #Startups.
Just like the idea of @EU_Commission to force #eCommerce - only to pay #VAT in the customer's juristiction didn't actually hurt the #GAFAMs but killed many #competitiors like #AndroidPit's #AppCenter which had way better terms for #Developers and #Customers...
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@pluralistic Exactly!
We can see this in bs policies that only strenghtened the #GAFAMs and destroyed regional and domestic competition.
For example @EU_Commission regulations re: #VAT taxation basically killed #AndroidPit as #Android #AppStore with more favourable terms than #GooglePlay:
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@itzzenxx @fdroidorg As shitty as #Fdroid seems to be, it's the only useable #GooglePlay alternative in the West standing since the #EU killed all competitors to #Google like #AndroidPit in 2014...