that before long, everyone will be declared a gatekeeper, just so EU can control everything as they please.
vrganj•53m ago
Why shouldn't our sovereign government control things as they please? That's the whole point of sovereignty - people elect government, government makes rules.
mctaylor•38m ago
That's not how that's supposed to work!
Democratically elected governments should have no say as to how many billions of dollars of market activity tech oligarchs are entitled to capture and redirect towards their very noble goal of winning the competition to see who can build the biggest yacht.
And, of course, building bunkers for when enough of the general population eventually catches onto and gets tired of the grift...
IsTom•24m ago
You need at least 7.5B euro turnover and 45M MAU in the EU to have a chance to qualify. It's not going to be everyone.
samrus•1h ago
Thats not how it works
twoodfin•1h ago
Who’s on each side of the gate?
vrganj•57m ago
On one side, consumers. On the other, vendors.
iso1631•1h ago
10% of Microsoft's turnover is $28b, 10% of amazon is $71b
The goal here is to make sure these companies obey the law though, which big tech companies seem to think is optional.
dmitrygr•1h ago
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dmitrygr•1h ago
vrganj•53m ago
mctaylor•38m ago
Democratically elected governments should have no say as to how many billions of dollars of market activity tech oligarchs are entitled to capture and redirect towards their very noble goal of winning the competition to see who can build the biggest yacht.
And, of course, building bunkers for when enough of the general population eventually catches onto and gets tired of the grift...
IsTom•24m ago
samrus•1h ago