Why shouldn't our sovereign government control things as they please? That's the whole point of sovereignty - people elect government, government makes rules.
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...
You can control what ENTERS your borders, not what happens outside of them. You are free to cut the cables, but not to dictate to those outside your house how to live on the other end of those cables. Else we'll all be living under the union of the rules of everyone. You sure you want that? Iran bans a lot of things you might like, as does china, and russia, and usa.
As soon as you send that data into my country, it is happening inside my borders.
You can buy magic mushrooms semi legally in the Netherlands. Doesn't mean you won't get in trouble if you send them from the Netherlands to another country.
In the days of the internet "operate in a country" == "exist". Eg: [1] UK has tried to enforce its laws even onto organizations who literally exist in USA only. Their argument: you exist, internet exists, so you are still subject to us. So tell me, how can one exist today and not "operate" in every country where internet exists. And once you see that there is no way, how do you propose your logic for regulation to work, other than by everyone being subject to everyone's rules?
I couldn't find anything about VPNs in the link you shared.
If that is the case, I disagree with it. But if you serve the UK market, you gotta follow UK law. That doesn't seem unreasonable, does it?
I see you removed the VPN reference in your edit and it made your argument quite a bit weaker imo.
Just because 4Chan is in the US, doesn't mean they don't send their data to the UK.
As soon as they do, they are subject to UK law. Quite simple. If they don't want to be, they can stop sending their data there. See also the magic mushroom parallel from earlier.
> So tell me, how can one exist today and not "operate" in every country where internet exists
You could IP block by geo for example? Seems pretty straightforward.
It's not "some random whim", it is the law. And yes, one has to work and expend energy to follow the law frequently. I did my taxes not too long ago. Also got my drivers license before getting on the road.
Or in another, more close parallel: You do in fact have to put a fence around your construction site so you're not liable if somebody walks there and hurts themselves.
I've never worried about North Korean law because I've never been to North Korea, and I don't do business with North Korea
I do work about following Thai law because I've been to Thailand, and hope to go again
I do work about following US law because the US has a history of pursuing US law breakers - people who have never even been to the US - beyond its borders
America doesn’t just fine businesses doing businesses in American and breaking the law. It tries to extradite people who have never been to America to torture them
All I see is more interoperability, fairer competition, more consumer rights, etc. If you are against this sort of regulation and a rational being, I envy you because you must either be oligarch-level rich, or in a happy bubble disconnected from world-affecting current events.
A vendor of web services, predominantly to enterprises & institutions.
I’m not trying to be obtuse here. For Apple it’s obvious: They’re a “gatekeeper” between software and hardware makers and iPhone users. If you want to offer your software or hardware to those users, Apple has to let your products through the gate.
If I make SSDs that aren’t the ones Amazon uses, does Amazon have to make it possible for me to use their data centers to rent those SSDs to enterprise customers via EBS?
The problem is nobody believe those company would ever hand over 10% or even 1% of their turnover to the EU.
The EU should be careful with those kind of threats because in the world that is taking shape I can really imagine MS telling them one day that none of their Windows is gonna boot tomorrow if they don't calm down. The EU at large is totally dependent on those companies so who is really fearing who?
Thankfully MS also has a policy of not trying very hard to prevent illicit distribution of their software, so the worst they can really do is brick your machine on patch Tuesday, which is just the standard risk you run every time anyway.
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...
And it is absolutely the role of the government to regulate the market.
I can't tell if parent was being sarcastic.
"very noble goal of winning the competition to see who can build the biggest yacht."
The simps tend not to say the quiet part out loud
You can buy magic mushrooms semi legally in the Netherlands. Doesn't mean you won't get in trouble if you send them from the Netherlands to another country.
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c624330lg1ko
Further suggested reading: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.284...
If that is the case, I disagree with it. But if you serve the UK market, you gotta follow UK law. That doesn't seem unreasonable, does it?
I see you removed the VPN reference in your edit and it made your argument quite a bit weaker imo.
Just because 4Chan is in the US, doesn't mean they don't send their data to the UK.
As soon as they do, they are subject to UK law. Quite simple. If they don't want to be, they can stop sending their data there. See also the magic mushroom parallel from earlier.
> So tell me, how can one exist today and not "operate" in every country where internet exists
You could IP block by geo for example? Seems pretty straightforward.
Or in another, more close parallel: You do in fact have to put a fence around your construction site so you're not liable if somebody walks there and hurts themselves.
I do work about following Thai law because I've been to Thailand, and hope to go again
I do work about following US law because the US has a history of pursuing US law breakers - people who have never even been to the US - beyond its borders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_McKinnon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Dotcom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri
If you do do business with Iran, you have to follow Iranian law
https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/about-dma_en
All I see is more interoperability, fairer competition, more consumer rights, etc. If you are against this sort of regulation and a rational being, I envy you because you must either be oligarch-level rich, or in a happy bubble disconnected from world-affecting current events.
I’m not trying to be obtuse here. For Apple it’s obvious: They’re a “gatekeeper” between software and hardware makers and iPhone users. If you want to offer your software or hardware to those users, Apple has to let your products through the gate.
If I make SSDs that aren’t the ones Amazon uses, does Amazon have to make it possible for me to use their data centers to rent those SSDs to enterprise customers via EBS?
The goal here is to make sure these companies obey the law though, which big tech companies seem to think is optional.
No, this is a deterrent against anti-consumer behaviour, and it should be meaningful.
The US likes to flex it's muscle by pushing other governments around on behalf of its commercial interests.
I think it's well past time for Canada to either formally pursue toes with the EU or pursue alignment with EU consumer protection legislation.
Middle powers unite!
The EU should be careful with those kind of threats because in the world that is taking shape I can really imagine MS telling them one day that none of their Windows is gonna boot tomorrow if they don't calm down. The EU at large is totally dependent on those companies so who is really fearing who?
The final closure came in 2025: Ireland confirmed it received nearly €14.25 billion (about $15.5 billion) from the account’s final closure https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/07/15/apple-and-ireland...
But what would be practical effects of DMA on AWS? Who is the customer, who is the vendor?