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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by bagacrap on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @07:37PM (#32173857)
this is democracy? Seems like extortion and protectionism to me. If this affected any European companies I would just call it anti-business, but instead it's clearly xenophobia.
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by alaric410 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @07:22AM (#32178046)
Those of us who are not American prefer that the internet is not owned by a small number of American megacorps. EU is responding to that.
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Re:EU Digital Markets Act, aimed at Google, Apple, Amazon, a... by unity1001 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @06:27AM (#32177654)
> Seems like extortion and protectionism to me

Wait until you learn about the import-quotas that the US applies to every country that it trades with. Including those with 'free trade' agreements.

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