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Re:Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair by oneplane on Saturday March 16, 2019 @02:44PM (#19409424)
In that case are transaction fees for credit cards also tax? Or PayPal fees for that matter? Or fees for using platforms like eBay and Aliexpress?
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Re:Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair by Dylan16807 on Saturday March 16, 2019 @07:26PM (#19411078)
Yes, I'd call any small mostly-percentage-based transaction fee that a platform imposes a "tax" or "platform tax".
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