UK law will let regulators fine Big Tech without court approval
UK law will let regulators fine Big Tech without court approval
More countries go after Big Tech.
More countries go after Big Tech.
In the big picture, the UK market is small. They will simply leave.
I just want to see Malus, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon to get slapped across the face and 10% of their revenue to fall out of their pockets. A British Bitch Slap... Bri'ich slap if you will. Europe needs to promote homegrown alternatives and make it possible for them to compete.
Not even any checks on their power anymore, just agency thinks you're bad so pay up. I'm all for getting some better regulation on big tech, but I have a gut feeling all this'll be is the equivalent of persecutors sending in a stream of fees unchecked while nothing changes for the everyday person.
What? Tech companies love to "move fast and break things". Give 'em a taste of their own medicine.
It's one thing to move fast and sell data to sketchy buyers. It's another thing to give an unelected agency admin the power to interpret, enforce, and adjudicate laws with no oversights. That sort of thing never ends well.
Even if you absolutely hate big tech, what happens if some agency admin who has no idea what the fediverse is sees something they don't like and say decides to hit the Mastodon nonprofit for 10% of their income per "violation". No recourse, it doesn't matter if it's on some random xyz Nazi instance unaffiliated with Mastodon development. Agency man said it's a violation so pay up.
I heard a quote once. Something along the lines of I cut down every law to get to the devil, but once I got there he turned and said now that you've cut down each law what will protect you?