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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Give money to open source projects, invest in distributed infrastructure, kick out big tech.

[–] wtckt@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

Fucking do it. Those apps are hot air. No one needs them. There's no problem replacing them.

[–] merari42@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago
[–] jojo@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago
[–] mrmule@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How do we tariff 'free' apps like Facebook and Instagram?

[–] Eatspancakes84@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

Tariff the advertisers. Also, strictly enforce GDPR.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

"Straight for the gonads", but in tech oligarchy speak is "straight for the ad revenue".

[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world 106 points 2 days ago (1 children)

LOL Trump wanted to keep this "trade war" to goods only. He never mentioned the surplus US has in services trade. This will really hurt US below the belt.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (11 children)

As an American, I'm here for it, go EU go! Make it hurt!

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
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[–] DreasNil@feddit.nu 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes!!! I’ve been wanting this! Let’s put costs on all the US apps and sites - that way a lot of Europeans will actually start using the amazing European alternatives that we already have, keeping our money in Europe for our own companies to invest with, to become even greater! I’m all in! 💪🏻

[–] RedPostItNote@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Americans would love some Elon and other scumbag free alternatives beyond what we have now.

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.tech 2 points 20 hours ago

Having GDPR protections by default instead of having to trick companies into thinking they shouldn't abuse your rights? Yes please.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If this raises prices of Netflix, Gamepass, ... I will immediately cancel them rather than pay the hike.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 6 points 1 day ago

Cancel them anyway.

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Highly recommend replacing those with a Usenet subscription!

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

At this point I'm quickly getting to the "...rebellion becomes duty" phase on this issue. Everything is getting so unreasonable.

I'm also just worried about getting served because I forgot to turn on an obfuscation service or something lol...

[–] dickalan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Real debrid. It won’t help you find the content but once you do, it makes getting it practically full proof and so you’ll never get caught and it’s only like four dollars a month so it’s way cheaper than a VPN

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Downloading content is mostly legal around the world. Uploading content is illegal pretty much everywhere.

Usenet just downloads so it’s not as illegal. For torrenting you need a VPN

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

Usenet isn't as easy to get caught using as torrents just because of how it works. I don't know enough to explain why, I just know this haha.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Come on, guys. You know the first rule of Usenet.

[–] axh@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I was today's years old (and that is a lot) when I found out Usenet is still alive and can be used to get... Hmmm... Entertainment. Where should I start if I want to get rid of Netflix?

[–] dickalan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Real debrid paired with infuse , You’re only bottleneck is however fast your Internet you are paying for, this works if you have an iPhone and or a Apple TV, but pirate service is still fast and works with whatever device you have

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Honestly I'm not the best resource for this information as somebody else set up my account, but I think there's a usenet community on Lemmy!

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[–] BlushedPotatoPlayers@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

The year of GOG lmao

[–] FreddyNO@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago
[–] thoralf@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 day ago

Please, finally do that!

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago

The US is a failed state and the rest of the world needs to treat it as such

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago
[–] AbaixoDeCao@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The European leaders don't have the balls to impose tariffs on Big Tech!

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 3 points 1 day ago

If Europeans counterparts to Google, ms and apple existed, yes. They need to be offered companies, which can rely on open source in the end, not just "open source" as an alternative, which is often a mantra here: they understand nothing about tech!

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