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[โ€“] lordkekz@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 hours ago

This is a nothing burger, they are only proposing it in hopes that tech giants will negotiate and make concessions on their own.

Just introduce the tax. Companies should have zero say in this.

[โ€“] expatriado@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the trade unbalance that Trump's team didn't include in their calculations

[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Those people do calculations!?

[โ€“] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 days ago

They have ChatGPT to do "the cyber" for them now.

[โ€“] expatriado@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

very poorly, like the kind that make math teachers sigh

[โ€“] j4yt33@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago

"Considers" doesn't mean anything, especially not for a conservative government. I'll believe it when I see it

[โ€“] gressen@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why is there Wikipedia logo in the pic?

[โ€“] drspod@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 days ago

Probably because the person who made the image didn't really think too hard about their job.

[โ€“] B0rax@feddit.org 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And why is there companies that sell physical goods? They are not the target here

[โ€“] SW42@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Europe Imports More Services than goods from the US and A

[โ€“] B0rax@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Sure, but on the picture we see aliexpress, Amazon and zalando, sellers of physical goods.

Granted, Amazon also sells digital services, but the others do not.

[โ€“] taladar@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Actually Alibaba also has their own cloud services (Alibaba Cloud)

[โ€“] B0rax@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago

Sure. But alibaba is not on the picture, aliexpress is.

[โ€“] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I thought it says Germany considers 10% tax on internet girls

[โ€“] HerrVorragend@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Wouldnโ€™t make a difference. Everyone knows there are no girls on the internet.

[โ€“] oliver@lemmy.lothians.social 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The new government may use some free time to steer away from the migration-debate they're currently lost in. Considering the speed Germany acts having its finger on the pulse time, no Big Tech must fear anything although the idea behind this is quite okay. Then, the German forces (Bundeswehr) announce that their new digital platform is built partnered with Google so hey... it's a little bit nuclear saber-rattling and in the end everything blows out somehow. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[โ€“] termaxima@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There should be at least 10% tax on literally everything, except things the government wants to actually incentivize like solar panels.