eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoFrench lawmakers add $11.2 billion internet tax based on traffic usage to budget, costs $0.06 per gigabyte of content accessed — law still has to pass Senate approval.www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down130
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minus-squareecho@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111arrow-down1·4 days agoWhat a fucking stupid idea.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·4 days agoIt would only be good if it was a tax that would force websites to be simple like the 90s to reduce all the garbage data a website loads nowadays.
minus-squareWhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoSuddenly, ad revenue dries up completely as people pursue every avenue to cut their tax bill.
What a fucking stupid idea.
It would only be good if it was a tax that would force websites to be simple like the 90s to reduce all the garbage data a website loads nowadays.
Suddenly, ad revenue dries up completely as people pursue every avenue to cut their tax bill.
We can only hope