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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://aus.social/@machinesbleedtoo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@machinesbleedtoo</a> not only that, but <a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EUCommission</a> actively <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sabotaged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sabotaged</a> any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#domestic</a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a>) competitiors with backfiring ideas, like demanding that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppStores</a> pay <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VAT</a> in the buyers' nation without having EU-wide infrastructure to make this even possible.<ul><li>Basically making an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiGAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiGAFAM</a> - legislation only be complyable by the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GAFAMs</a> unless one wants to blow all revenue for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bureaucracy</a> and yeet the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleMarket</a>! </li></ul>Competitiors like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AndroidPit</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppCenter</a> got killed by that. <a href="https://appdevelopermagazine.com/important-announcement:-androidpit-app-center-to-close/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://appdevelopermagazine.com/important-announcement:-androidpit-app-center-to-close/</a>Whereas in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#China</a> there's still some competition, but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Huawei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Huawei</a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppGallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppGallery</a> demanding a 50% cut before taxes for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Games</a> makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Steam</a> look like a saint!

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@dec_hl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dec_hl</a> I think something like an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/App" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#App</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/curator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#curator</a> site that allows <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/filtering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#filtering</a> / has said filters set by default as a "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SafeSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SafeSearch</a>" would be propably best...<ul><li>The core problem is that since there's no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/affiliate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#affiliate</a> program woth <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppStore</a> nor <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GooglePlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GooglePlay</a> and <a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EUCommission</a> having killed competitiors to the latter like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AndroidPit</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppCenter</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VAT</a> shite, there is no ethical way to monetize it once it exceeds the average <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebHoster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebHoster</a>'s "unlimited traffic" plans...</li></ul>Not to mention it'll get <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/downranked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#downranked</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/shadowbanned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shadowbanned</a> from both platfirms pretty quickly.

Kevin Karhan :verified:Exactly that is true: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fragmentation</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLWnZ4Icro" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">kills the EU</a>!<ul><li>Instead of levying <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GAFAMs</a> comitting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CapitalFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CapitalFlight</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TaxEvasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxEvasion</a>, the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> decided to basically kill <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#domestic</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#competition</a> with bs. like demanding that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppStores</a> have to pay <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VAT</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GST</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SalesTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SalesTax</a> in the customers' nation. </li></ul>That's why there's no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AndroidPit</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppCenter</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927004422/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">anymore</a>! <ul><li>And I do know that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zensursula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zensursula</a> or the <a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EUCommission</a> don't really give a wet fart about that, because they want a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SurveillanceState</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PoliceState</a> and would rather choose to die from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LateStageCapitalism</a> than accept the necessity for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemChangeNotClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SystemChangeNotClimateChange</a>! </li></ul>Thanks again to <a href="https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dw_innovation</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DWnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DWnews</a> for that video.<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EUpol</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEpol</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Draghi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Draghi</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Letta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Letta</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Putin</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xi</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WorldPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldPolitics</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SingleMarket</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Destiny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Destiny</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europe</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://hear-me.social/@debby" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@debby</a> what's even more important is to strenghten <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/alternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alternatives</a> like <a href="https://floss.social/@fdroidorg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fdroidorg</a> and to support those alongside them.<ul><li>Also <a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EUCommission</a> is responsible for killing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AndroidPit</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppBrain</a> as domestic competitiors with bureaucratic bs like "per <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/member" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#member</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VAT</a> payments" under the guise of combatting 'tax dodging'...</li></ul>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.world/@natsume_shokogami" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@natsume_shokogami</a> <a href="https://infosec.town/@bingbong" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bingbong</a> as typical for <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EU_Commission</a> , they shit out some "well meant" garbage because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zensursula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Zensursula</a> and other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechIlliterate</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cyberfacists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cyberfacists</a> are at the helm and they want to rule and regulate shit as if only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GAFAMs</a> exist, resulting in everything but GAFAMs getting killed in the process...This killed independent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppStores</a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Android</a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AndroidPit</a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppCenter</a> because it was deemed a "good idea" that App Stores and Devs should be forced to tax every shitty microtransaction at the customers' juristiction. <a href="https://appdevelopermagazine.com/important-announcement:-androidpit-app-center-to-close/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://appdevelopermagazine.com/important-announcement:-androidpit-app-center-to-close/</a>And this is really infuriating because they refuse to accept that commercial freedom also means the freedom not to commence business at all if it's too painful to do so!

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mastodon.social/@ocdtrekkie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ocdtrekkie</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@catraxx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@catraxx</a> <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EU_Commission</a> yeah.Same with the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> making VAT mandatory to be paid at the customers' juristiction and not the tax avoidance juristiction of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GAFAMs</a>, which basically killed a lot of superior domestic competition like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AndroidPit</a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppCenter</a> which had way more favourable terms for customers AND developers/publishers! <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141125020445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141125020445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center</a>Sadly there's neither <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ACTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ACTA</a> nir <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TTIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TTIP</a> so the owners couldn't sue the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> for the added costs and loss of profit... <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sarcasm</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://postchat.io/@JustinLachance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@JustinLachance</a> <a href="https://hci.social/@tod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tod</a> No.I'm against <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LinkTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LinkTax</a> as it's bad in principle and like a lot of "well-meant" ideas it'll do nothing but harm any <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SmallSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallSites</a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bloggers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bloggers</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Startups</a>. Just like the idea of <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EU_Commission</a> to force <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eCommerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eCommerce</a> - only to pay <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VAT</a> in the customer's juristiction didn't actually hurt the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GAFAMs</a> but killed many <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/competitiors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#competitiors</a> like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AndroidPit</a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppCenter</a> which had way better terms for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Developers</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Customers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Customers</a>... <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141125020445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141125020445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> Exactly!We can see this in bs policies that only strenghtened the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GAFAMs</a> and destroyed regional and domestic competition.For example <a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EU_Commission</a> regulations re: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VAT</a> taxation basically killed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AndroidPit</a> as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Android</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AppStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppStore</a> with more favourable terms than <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GooglePlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GooglePlay</a>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141125020445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141125020445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://mstdn.plus.st/@itzzenxx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@itzzenxx</a> <a href="https://floss.social/@fdroidorg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fdroidorg</a> As shitty as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fdroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fdroid</a> seems to be, it's the only useable <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GooglePlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GooglePlay</a> alternative in the West standing since the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EU</a> killed all competitors to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AndroidPit</a> in 2014...<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927004422if_/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150927004422if_/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center</a>

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