Based Austrians have found a way to tax the most evil companies on the planet and make them pay for destroying our privacy.
>“The most ambitious part of the plan targets the business models of Twitter Inc., Google or Facebook: The tacit pact under which searching, liking, posting and tweeting remains free as long as users let the companies feed usage data into algorithms that help tailor advertising that can be aimed at the most likely buyers.”
>Since this arrangement is a form of bartering, the Austrian government argues, a value-added tax can be applied, just as in other sectors of the economy.
>“The business transaction that’s going on here is that users are paying with their personal data,” the parliamentary head of the governing coalition, Andreas Schieder, told journalists in Vienna. “The business model of those internet companies is based on massive revenues that are generated with the help of those data.”
>“The business transaction that’s going on here is that users are paying with their personal data,”
>“The business transaction that’s going on here is that users are paying with their personal data,”
Fucking GENIUS if you ask me!
Go get them, Austria! Hope others follow.
Ethan Richardson
Austria is pretty irrelevant. Couldn't all of those companies just ban Austrian IPs from accessing their services?
Jason Ross
They'll go after them through EU human rights courts. You think they'll block all of EU? hahaha
Ian Rivera
>muh PRIVAAAACCCYYYYY
Here's a "de-botnet" tip for you: Grab ethernet cord Yank it out of your PC
If you can't use the internet on your ISPs or any websites' terms, then don't use it at all.
Henry King
They will never be able to. If they manage they'll just shut down the .at websites and people will use the .de or .com instead, problem solves. You can't tax data people send to a server in the us.
Kevin Lewis
>You think they'll block all of EU? hahaha Yes, why do they need to data mine muslims and antifa? I'm going to let you in on a secret. Only the US and China matter. Everyone else is just living on their planet.
Aaron Sanchez
So how is this going to work? One part of the data will go to the government so they can tax the people?
Gavin Walker
>thinking governments care about your privacy governments hate privacy just as much, if not more, than Google and Facebook do. Look at all the politicians decrying the encryption that means their intelligence services can't read every communication from anyone at any time. Governments want the same things as Surveillance Capitalism wants: money and power. This is about extracting revenue and forcing a rival power center to do what they want.
The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend.
Logan Cooper
Austrian here. This won't get done unless Germany literally forces us. Our politicians know we're irrelevant and won't push for anything.
Hunter Diaz
it's not about the TLD but about the user. changing TLD doesn't solve shit. as long as they serve austrians, they'll have to pay no matter what the domain is.
Alexander Thomas
Germany might be following us, especially if Martin 'big corporations bad, big government good' Schulz wins the election, the Hungarians also hate them and will likely implement it sooner rather than later if it works out and the rest of the v4 will follow their lead.
Eli Reyes
>Martin 'big corporations bad, big government good' Schulz Germany really needs to be the sacrificial lamb to wake up Europe. The sooner they turn into a failed state hellscape the better.
Adam Myers
I would rather rot slowly for the next decades than run risk of living through major economical and cultural problems. But I agree, if it weren't for me I'd agree that that would bring a solution way faster than anything else.
Thomas Moore
Hey bud, I'm sure some internet nazis in America would love to take in white refugees from the EU (as long as you aren't some antifa faggot)
Mason Scott
>...fearing he would end up becoming what he despises the most, user choose to take his own life.
Christopher Rogers
>Since this arrangement is a form of bartering, the Austrian government argues, a value-added tax can be applied, just as in other sectors of the economy.
That's actually a pretty genius move.
Nathan Hernandez
>A technological right as this point. But we have to bend over for it anyways.
Logan Davis
based Australians
Brayden Miller
>The business model of those internet companies is based on massive revenues that are generated with the help of those data.” And these revenues are taxed. Problems weren't.
Benjamin Ortiz
Austrian here. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
Wyatt Phillips
I'd go live there but isn't that whole area full of sandniggers by now?
Brandon Smith
Depends. Vienna deserves to be nuked. The rest is fine. Larger cities can be muslime infested, especially in the east tho.
Oliver Wood
Austrian here. This will never actually happen.
Caleb Reyes
based retard
Xavier Reyes
That's what all the alpine niggers say because they can't afford to live in big cities. It's fine, stay out, please.
Grayson Smith
Well, the good news is he's a fucking shoo-in.
> Everyone is mad at Merkel for flooding us with muslims > AfD is le alt-right, far-right neo-nazi fascist party > no other party is relevant
Congratulations, Chancellor Schulz.
Josiah Barnes
Glorious, now I'll get comfy while I watch as Germany gets destroyed for the third time in less than 150 years.
Julian Collins
lel
Jordan Nguyen
once again austria is trying to save the planet from the jews. but i guess america is going to try to save the jews again
Oliver Jenkins
kek'd
Hudson Jenkins
Im from vienna and i would love that
Owen Gray
>Grab ethernet cord How to grab it, when it's wireless cable?
Thomas Morris
>business transaction On twitter? My fucking sides! They may go bankrupt tomorrow!
Ryder Brooks
Tfw in Austria right now waiting for my baby to come any moment in any day and I'm visiting my fiancé to be next to her.
Feels good
William Jackson
I'm not anti taxes but I couldn't care less if they destroyed normiebook and twitter, they are part of the socialist problem anyway.
Robert Sanchez
I mean I'm anti taxes. Not "not anti taxes"
fuck me
Luis Ward
Haven't you seen the threads about the wonderful Wi-Fi cable?
Capcha: Colorado St Road
Luis Lee
You know where this is going to end up, right? Taxes on opinions. Because if they can tax Facebook for sharing your opinions, they can tax you, too.
Wyatt Bell
>US Why do they need to data mine dindus and SJWs?