If EU is asking for 20% of global revenue for repeatedly breaking their laws, and the EU doesn't even provide 20% of their global revenue, they would be better off just pulling out of the EU.
>they would be better off just pulling out of the EU.
for completely avoiding market share and leaving it up for the chinks to take over? fuck no they wouldn't. If they did though, there would a lot of money for eu entrepreneurs to take over
Ok, say tech companies get hit with 20% global revenue fines, and then don't pay them.
What happens then?
Is the EU going to take their protection money through violence?
Is this going to be the glowing opportunity for chinks to flood the market?
What I mean is that they lose money selling them retard, they are managing hundreds of billions of dollars. It is not the same kind of robbery for normal folk.
Fuck off lolbertarian, just because you only have the audacity to act as if you could survive without government because it’s kept you safe all this time.
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>i cant do it so youre not allowed to
Statists are such rats
maybe, they can afford enough lawyers to do perpetual delays and bureaucratic hacking. you're not wrong.
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Anonymous
Welcome to American business: fines and debts are an open tab that is brought to every negotiation table. American companies will only pay in small parts, in exchange for favorable government action.
>Is the EU going to take their protection money through violence?
Yes, it could theoretically escalate to a point were the Santa Clara County Sheriff will send armed men to seal off Apple Park.
Soft power than hard power, you might not make explicit money but having market dominance means you can snuff out competitors from gaining traction.I can totally see Apple pulling out if the EU keeps casually handwaving “we will fucking annihilate you you slightly fall out of place”. Draconian laws are required since Apple take fines as a write off, but it’s a card you can’t keep doing unfortunately.
Fines like this never work as intended. It's like the kindergarten fines where you have to pay $100 when you don't pick up your kid on time. All it does is allowing parents to show up late without feeling guilty.
that's not how the monopolies work
people use facebook and develop apps for android because every else is doing the same
give up enough markets and your solution loses dominance and becomes just another one among others
>they would be better off just pulling out of the EU.
they could do that, except their tax haven setups are all based in EU nations such as Ireland and other tax avoidance friendly nations. you don't seriously believe apple is an "american" company when it's global operations are in places like ireland, do you? apple usa is merely a subsidiary.
>EU is asking for 20% of global revenue for repeatedly breaking their laws, and the EU doesn't even provide 20% of their global revenue, they would be better off just pulling out of the EU.
I wish
t. European
they wouldn't do that though because even if they are breaking even due to fines, they would be handing over their market share to Chinese and European startup competitors
Europe is the largest and wealthiest consumer market in the world, to pull out instead of complying with local laws would be braindead
Europeans are bought out by the Chinese unlike Americans. They would never bite the hand that feeds them. Europe is a desert of innovation due to their shit government.
If EU is asking for 20% of global revenue for repeatedly breaking their laws, and the EU doesn't even provide 20% of their global revenue, they would be better off just pulling out of the EU.
>they would be better off just pulling out of the EU.
for completely avoiding market share and leaving it up for the chinks to take over? fuck no they wouldn't. If they did though, there would a lot of money for eu entrepreneurs to take over
Ok, say tech companies get hit with 20% global revenue fines, and then don't pay them.
What happens then?
Is the EU going to take their protection money through violence?
Is this going to be the glowing opportunity for chinks to flood the market?
they will pay them, unless it crosses over with profitability to the point where the EU is literally robbing them, they will always pay.
All taxes and government fines are literal robbery.
What I mean is that they lose money selling them retard, they are managing hundreds of billions of dollars. It is not the same kind of robbery for normal folk.
If you live in a country, you don't own the land you live on
Fuck off lolbertarian, just because you only have the audacity to act as if you could survive without government because it’s kept you safe all this time.
>i cant do it so youre not allowed to
Statists are such rats
I don't understand why you're shilling for corporations so hard.
They won’t pay them in full, ever. The tax revenue the EU countries stand to lose is pretty high.
maybe, they can afford enough lawyers to do perpetual delays and bureaucratic hacking. you're not wrong.
Welcome to American business: fines and debts are an open tab that is brought to every negotiation table. American companies will only pay in small parts, in exchange for favorable government action.
>Is the EU going to take their protection money through violence?
Yes, it could theoretically escalate to a point were the Santa Clara County Sheriff will send armed men to seal off Apple Park.
I'd love to get rid of google and microsoft and get bilibili and weibo instead.
Bilibili at least is like 10x better than youtube.
Soft power than hard power, you might not make explicit money but having market dominance means you can snuff out competitors from gaining traction.I can totally see Apple pulling out if the EU keeps casually handwaving “we will fucking annihilate you you slightly fall out of place”. Draconian laws are required since Apple take fines as a write off, but it’s a card you can’t keep doing unfortunately.
Fines like this never work as intended. It's like the kindergarten fines where you have to pay $100 when you don't pick up your kid on time. All it does is allowing parents to show up late without feeling guilty.
Holy fuck you are stupid.
Well depends how much it costs to comply. If it cost 10% global revenue to comply, that still works out.
that's not how the monopolies work
people use facebook and develop apps for android because every else is doing the same
give up enough markets and your solution loses dominance and becomes just another one among others
yep and I'd welcome these globohomo companies to go away so europeans can compete
>they would be better off just pulling out of the EU.
they could do that, except their tax haven setups are all based in EU nations such as Ireland and other tax avoidance friendly nations. you don't seriously believe apple is an "american" company when it's global operations are in places like ireland, do you? apple usa is merely a subsidiary.
You dont seriously think they wouldnt change their setup when it stops being convenient, do you?
>EU is asking for 20% of global revenue for repeatedly breaking their laws, and the EU doesn't even provide 20% of their global revenue, they would be better off just pulling out of the EU.
I wish
t. European
they wouldn't do that though because even if they are breaking even due to fines, they would be handing over their market share to Chinese and European startup competitors
Europe is the largest and wealthiest consumer market in the world, to pull out instead of complying with local laws would be braindead
why do europoops get to run a mafia to bully american companies? can europoops not make a single useful thing, so they need to steal?
europooops and their insane regulations make any tech startup financially unviable from day one
We made you in a way, settlers are from European stock.
FAANG in general is gonna get raped by the eu fo being monopolies. that shit may fly in america where corruption is legal (lobbying) but not in europe
When will EU start fining chink companies the same way. Imagine slapping 100 billion euro fines on Tencent.
tik tok is chinese
what other chinese gatekeeper is there on the european market in your opinion?
Europeans are bought out by the Chinese unlike Americans. They would never bite the hand that feeds them. Europe is a desert of innovation due to their shit government.
When they start misbehaving the same way, retard
yes
why can't eurocucks into tech?
what's DMA?
amogus
LULZ tries to discuss something but doesn't have any actual knowledge or wisdom so the thread just ends up being a shitshow
Gatekeeping isn't much, but it's an honest job
hello american company it is time for your yearly 100m euro fine <3
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