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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by planb on Thursday April 03, 2025 @09:24AM (#43569264)
Higher Prices? What is the "Price" of Instagram and Google Maps? But on the other hand, how would you put tariffs on these?

The good thing is: If the EU finds a way to tax the money flowing from advertisers to big tech, consumers would not be affected (at least not financially), because they are not the ones paying the price.

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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by Gasp0de on Thursday April 03, 2025 @09:31AM (#43569346)
The price is not for using it, but for serving ads on it. They'd increase the price for ads that target European customers.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by planb on Thursday April 03, 2025 @09:42AM (#43569508)
Yes. So advertising gets more expensive when targeting EU users. The users don't care, so there wouldn't be much public backlash. And the advertisers will either cut back / relocate their ad spendings or raise their marketing budget.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by bgnn on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:03PM (#43576519)
That price will be paid by the customer
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by planb on Friday April 04, 2025 @03:08AM (#43579177)
The customer of the end product? I don't think that marketing budgets work this way.
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by StackRanker3000 on Friday April 04, 2025 @01:19PM (#43585332)
But they do? If businesses suddenly have to spend more money on advertising, where does it come from?
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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by owebmaster on Thursday April 03, 2025 @10:17AM (#43570061)
> Higher Prices? What is the "Price" of Instagram and Google Maps?

You gonna tax their real customers, the advertisers. And a 100% tax on advertisement is actually healthy for the economy and society.

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Re:US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China – 20% on EU by Ragnarork on Thursday April 03, 2025 @12:25PM (#43572031)
> What is the "Price" of Instagram and Google Maps?

Those are free for consumers, but Google Suite (Mail, Calendar, etc.) for enterprises definitely has a price.

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